| 单词 |
spaciously |
| 释义 |
spaciously, adv.|ˈspeɪʃəslɪ|
Also 7 spatiously.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a spacious house or place.
1382Wyclif Isaiah xxx. 23 Ther shul be fed in thi possessioun in that day the lomb spaciously [L. spatiose]. 1651Davenant Gondibert i. vi. 38 Most spaciously we dwell. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 98/2 He can..receive strangers handsomely and spaciously.
2. Amply; largely.
1608Middleton Mad World ii. i, Your honour is most spaciously welcome. a1668Davenant Distresses iv. i, Though not spaciously Possess'd of Lands, his Honor..May equal any Mans.
3. At great length; with great fulness.
1605Camden Rem. (1623) 12 Good Lord, how spaciously might a learned pen walke in this argument? 1652Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 29 So spaciously did Chizzola dilate in speaking of the opinion of the Lawyers. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 8 Those News-mongers were oblig'd to write spaciously, or a great deal.
4. So as to comprehend or cover much space; extensively.
1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 2 A rough and desart country..spaciously extended euen as far as vnto the Arympheians. 1687Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii. s.v., A Thing that spreads spaciously. 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 625 Membranaceous and internally spatiously cellular.
5. With largeness of manner.
1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. xi, ‘How Do You Like London?.. You find it Very Large?’ said Mr. Podsnap, spaciously. |
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