broad

英 [brɔːd] 美 [brɔːd]

• adj. 宽广的；清楚无误的；明显的；胸怀开阔的；粗俗的
• n. <俚>女子

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 宽的,阔的; 广的

   large in size from one side to the other; wide

2. 宽宏的,胸怀开阔的

   tolerant; liberal

3. [A]清楚的,明显的

   clear; obvious

4. [A]大概的,不详细的

   general; not detailed

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 广泛的
2. 辽阔的，宽阔的，开阔的，广阔的
3. 概括的，不具体的
4. 口音重的，乡音浓的
5. 一般的
6. 明显的
7. 主要的
8. 露骨的，下流的
9. 涉及各种各样的人的
10. 明确的

n. 名词

1. <美><俚><贬>女人 ，婆娘，娘儿们
2. 布罗德（音译名）
3. <英>江河的开阔部分
4. 湖沼
5. 手掌的宽阔部分
6. 金币
7. 地灯
8. 纸牌
9. （复）河流的延伸
10. 布洛阿特（音译名）

adv. 副词

1. 宽广地，广阔地，宽阔地
2. 充分地
3. 土腔十足地，乡音很重地
4. 完全地，十分地
5. 广大地，大大地，广泛地

英英释义

Noun:

1. slang term for a woman;

   "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
   

Adjective:

1. having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;

   "wide roads"
   "a wide necktie"
   "wide margins"
   "three feet wide"
   "a river two miles broad"
   "broad shoulders"
   "a broad river"
   

2. broad in scope or content;

   "across-the-board pay increases"
   "an all-embracing definition"
   "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"
   "an invention with broad applications"
   "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"
   "granted him wide powers"
   

3. not detailed or specific;

   "a broad rule"
   "the broad outlines of the plan"
   "felt an unspecific dread"
   

4. lacking subtlety; obvious;

   "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
   

5. being at a peak or culminating point;

   "broad daylight"
   "full summer"
   

6. very large in expanse or scope;

   "a broad lawn"
   "the wide plains"
   "a spacious view"
   "spacious skies"
   

7. (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional;

   "a broad southern accent"
   

8. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;

   "a broad political stance"
   "generous and broad sympathies"
   "a liberal newspaper"
   "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The broad steps in front of the mansion made it look very dignified.
   宽阔的台阶使大厦的正面显得很气派。
2. The picture is small but it shows broad vistas.
   画幅虽然不大,所表现的天地却十分广阔。
3. The Minister gave a broad hint that she intends to raise taxes.
   首相明白地暗示她打算提高税额.
4. The kidnapping occurred in broad daylight.
   在光天化日之下竟发生绑架事件。
5. He is broad-minded.
   他是一个心胸宽阔的人。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. What a broad boulevard!
   多么宽阔的林阴大道!
2. The banana tree has broad leaves.
   香蕉树的叶子又宽又大。
3. The broad motorway has six traffic lanes.
   宽阔的公路上有六条车道。
4. There are broad pastures in the mountains.
   山里有广阔的牧场。
5. The broad lines on the map correspond to the roads.
   地图上的宽线相当于公路。
6. The children are running up and down the broad road.
   孩子们在宽阔的马路上跑来跑去。
7. They crossed the broad plains of the West in covered wagons.
   他们乘着大篷车穿过了辽阔的西部平原。
8. The broad masses of the people are behind you.
   广大的人民群众支持你。
9. The theory was not received〔accepted〕 as truth by the broad masses of people.
   这一理论并未被广大人民群众当成真理。
10. The broad masses of the people of the world want friendship with China.
    全世界广大人民希望和中国人民友好。
11. Our teacher is a man of broad experience.
    我们的老师是个有丰富经验的人。
12. He has a broad mind in these matters.
    在这些问题方面他知识宽广。
13. He has a broad mind.
    他心胸开阔。
14. He is a man of broad views.
    他是一个思想开通、宽宏大量的人。
15. We all agree with his broad ideas.
    我们都赞成他宽大为怀的意见。
16. She gave me a broad hint.
    她给了我一个明白的暗示。
17. Broad hints were aired that the paper should be closed down.
    有迹象表明该报将被查封。
18. He made a broad statement.
    他作了一个坦率的声明。
19. The negotiators reached broad agreement on the main issues.
    谈判者在主要问题上达成协议。
20. I have a broad general idea of your plan: now give me the details.
    我已经了解你们计划的大概情况,现在请告诉我计划的细节。
21. He stated his view in broad outline.
    他概括地陈述了自己的观点。

n. +～

1. It's a river 50 meters broad.
   这是一条50米宽的河。
2. There is a desk one metre broad in the office.
   办公室里有一张一米宽的桌子。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. The street is forty metres broad or so here.
   这条大街在这里宽约40米。
2. The river grows broader as it nears the sea.
   愈接近海,河愈宽。
3. Her style wasn't broad enough.
   她的作风不光明磊落。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. The two brothers are much alike, but the elder is broader in the face.
   这两兄弟长得很像,不过哥哥的脸盘宽大些。
2. Jack was a young giant, broad of back, full of vigour.
   杰克是个身材魁梧的年轻人,长得肩宽背阔,生气勃勃。

经典引文

• A Leaf no broader than a Three-pence.

  出自： Evelyn

• A bed..so broad that it could have easily held several guests.

  出自： C. Day

• Shoulders too broad for feminine grace.

  出自： D. Murphy

• Being in bed, but broad awake.

  出自： J. Wesley

常用短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

broad daylight

大白天; 光天化日 the full light of day

broad in the beam

(人)腰肥臀大 (of a person) rather fat round the hips

It's as broad as it's long

横竖都一样; 不分高低 do not matter which of two things or courses of action one chooses, because neither is clearly better than the other

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• broad difference 明显的差异
• broad distinction 大概的区别
• broad fact 明显的事实
• broad gauge 宽轨
• broad generalization 概括
• broad highway 宽阔的马路
• broad hint 明显的暗示
• broad jump 跳远
• broad lands 广阔的陆地
• broad leaf 阔叶
• broad man 心襟开阔的人
• broad masses 广大群众
• broad mind 宽宏大量
• broad nonsense 一派胡言
• broad ocean 辽阔的海洋
• broad opinions 宽大为怀的意见
• broad outline 提要
• broad outlook 开阔的眼界
• broad prairies 辽阔的草原
• broad sense 广义
• broad shoulder 宽肩膀
• broad smile 开朗的笑容
• broad sword 大刀
• broad views 广泛的意见

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. broad的主要意思是“宽广”,指从一侧到另一侧量得的表面宽度或面积广阔。可指陆地,也可指海洋的“辽阔,宽广”。
2. broad可引申为“(胸怀)宽广”“能容纳别人的意见”,常用于较抽象的名词前。
3. broad作“大概的,不详细的”解时,作定语形容词,指对计划、建议等在提纲上有个大概的了解,而并非了解其细节。
4. broad可与表示量度的名词连用构成形容词短语,表示“…(量度)宽的”,这个形容词短语要置于所修饰的名词之后,而在形容词短语中broad又要置于表示量度的名词之后。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

broad, wide

• 这两个形容词的共同意思是“宽阔,广阔”。其区别是：
• 1.用于具体意义表示“宽”时,没有绝对区别,可以相互代替,但broad侧重于面积的广阔,尤指比一般的面积广大; wide强调从一边到另一边的距离远。如:broad street和wide street都指“宽阔的街”,但broad street强调街面的宽大(车辆可以自由往来); wide street强调街两边的距离远(穿行不便)。又如:broad river强调河面的广阔(水天一色); wide river强调两岸的距离远(渡河时费力)。
• 2.表示人的肩背和胸宽时,都只能用broad,不可用wide; 而表示人的眼和嘴大时可用wide,不可用broad。例如:
• 他有宽大的双肩。
• ［误］ He has wide shoulders.
• ［正］ He has broad shoulders.
• 3.broad和wide用于比喻意义时所表示的意义有较大区别。例如:
• broad discussion 畅所欲言的自由讨论
• wide discussion 项目繁多的广泛讨论

broad，wide

• 这两个形容词均含“宽阔的”之意。
• broad普通用词，指向两边延伸的宽度，强调两边之间面积的广阔，也可指向四方伸展开去。
• wide常用词，侧重指两边或两点之间的距离。着重距离的远近。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的brad，意为宽阔的，平的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• ample
• blue
• comprehensive
• expansive
• extensive
• general
• generous
• gross

【反义词】

• narrow