单词 | extensive |
释义 | extensive —extensively, adv. —extensiveness, extensivity /ek'sten siv"i tee, ik-/, n. /ik sten"siv/, adj. 1. of great extent; wide; broad: an extensive area. 2. covering or extending over a great area: extensive travels. 3. far-reaching; comprehensive; thorough: extensive knowledge. 4. lengthy: an extensive journey. 5. great in amount, number, or degree: an extensive fortune; extensive political influence. 6. of or having extension: Space is extensive, time durational. 7. noting or pertaining to a system of agriculture involving the use or cultivation of large areas of land with a minimum of labor and expense (opposed to intensive). [1375-1425; late ME < LL extensivus, equiv. to L extens(us) (ptp. of extendere to EXTEND) + -ivus -IVE] Syn. 1. extended, large, spacious, ample, vast. Ant. 1, 3. limited, narrow, confined. 3. parochial. |
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