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单词 spread abroad
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to spread abroad
a. Over a broad or wide area; widely, broadly; †so as to be fully open or outspread (obsolete). In later use more commonly with reference to non-physical things, as news, information, etc. Frequently in later use to spread abroad.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > with vast extent
abroadc1300
largelya1398
widely1579
spaciously1598
broadly1599
amply?1611
heaven-wide?1611
spacious1615
extensively1736
extendedly1806
worldwide1836
vastily1844
amplitudinously1921
c1300 St. Brendan (Laud) 485 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 233 (MED) Þe se was brenninde al-abrod, ase þei heo were afuyre.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 11228 (MED) Hii caste awei þe dosils, þat win orn abrod so.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 6891 (MED) Hire kertell and hire mantel eke Abrod upon his bed he spredde.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 2587 (MED) Þe pecock..with his feþeris schene Splayed abrod as a large sail.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 106 (MED) He bad hym hald obrade his skyrte.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxv. 115 Plente of sylke, and clothe of gold was there abrode.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxv. sig. Pvv Riche aparayle of emerines lay abrode in euery wyndowe.
1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xv. f. 252/2 The Ilande stretcheth farre abroad.
1611 Bible (King James) Rom. v. 5 The loue of God is shed abroad in our hearts. View more context for this quotation
1643 W. Burton tr. J. H. Alsted Beloved City 77 From that time the light of the Gospel hath been spread abroad far and wide, and Satan bound up more and more.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Baucis & Philemon in Fables 157 Baucis..rakes the Load Of Ashes from the Hearth, and spreads abroad The living Coals.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 81 Pour it on it, and spread it abroad with a Rolling-pin.
1839 T. Carlyle Chartism iii. 20 Would to Heaven one could preach it abroad into the hearts of all sons and daughters of Adam.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad v. 51 This hood..stands up high, and spreads far abroad, and is unfathomably deep.
1955 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 68 179 He thought about the glory he got by spreading the news abroad in the market place.
1992 G. S. Thomas Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers & Bamboos 153 It..usually flowers a few weeks later, the tiny flowers being borne freely among the leaves and wafting fragrance abroad.
extracted from abroadadv.prep.n.
to spread (also stretch, throw, etc.) abroad
c. Widely apart; with the component parts spread out; (of the limbs) outstretched. Frequently in to spread (also stretch, throw, etc.) abroad. Now rare.
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the world > space > extension in space > [adverb] > spread apart
abroadc1300
o brodea1400
abreid?a1425
c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 2039 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 165 (MED) His felawes euerechone heore Armes a-brod caste.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 179 (MED) And he strecche out his armes and hondes abrood.
a1425 Lay Folks' Mass Bk. (Cambr.) (1904) l. 239 (MED) Þe prest..wyll sprede his armes obrade [c1450 Newnh. abrade].
a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 1082 The lyoun was hungry..Abrod [c1450 BL Add. one brede] he spredde alle hys powes.
a1540 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 357/2 Pope Gelasius..appointed that the Priestes should say the Secretes, the Cannon, and the Prefaces with their armes stretched abroad.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 50 But the leaues be more spred abroad.
1627 F. Bacon New Atlantis 6 At his coming he did bend to us a little, and put his arms abroad.
1672 J. Davies Anc. Rites Durham 17 A goodly fine Lantern, or Letteron, of Brass..with a great Pelican on the height of it, finely gilt..her wings spread abroad, whereon did lye the Book.
1696 J. Pechey Gen. Treat. Dis. Maids xxi. 126 Being in this posture she must spread her Thighs abroad, folding her Legs a little towards her Buttocks.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 372 Where lay the God And slept supine, his Limbs display'd abroad.
1781 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. 24 The locks of the hair are flying abroad in all directions.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. iv. 84 There was Edith..; her arms abroad—one sleeve pushed up to the shoulder.
1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. v. 116 Stretched abroad on the seashore motionless lay his form.
1887 A. Conan Doyle in Beeton's Christmas Ann. 19 His hands were clenched and his arms thrown abroad, while his lower limbs were interlocked.
1912 S. E. White Land of Footprints xv. 190 Before them writhed Sulimani, close to earth, darting irregularly now to right, now to left, wriggling, spreading his arms abroad.
1935 M. Rukeyser Theory of Flight in Coll. Poems (1978) 6 The nights are restless with these dreams of ours in which we cry, fling our arms abroad.
extracted from abroadadv.prep.n.
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