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单词 abroad
释义 abroad
I. \əˈbrȯd\ adverb (or adjective)
Etymology: Middle English abrood, from a- (I) + brood broad
1. : over a wide area : at large
 < a tree spreading its branches abroad >
: widely apart
 < flinging his arms wildly abroad — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
2. : out of the house : away from one's home
 < walk abroad after lunch >
: in circulation or movement from place to place : on the street or public ways : here and there
 < at this hour the few people abroad go quickly on their ways >
 < the enemy is abroad in the land >
: out in the open
 < insects awakened from torpor and abroad in the spring sun — Walter Pater >
3. : beyond the boundaries of a country
 < travel abroad in many lands >
: in or to foreign countries
 < a university well known abroad >
4. : in circulation throughout society or the world
 < the idea has got abroad >
: in evidence : about
 < plenty of enthusiasm abroad >
5. : wide of the mark : astray : in confusion
 < I'm much abroad in my ciphering — Francis Hoover >
6. : contested elsewhere than on the home grounds
 < the team wears a different uniform for games abroad >
II. preposition
: throughout, over
 < and then abroad the world he goes — Emily Dickinson >
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