span

span
[spæn; spæn] (發音來源)
全部範圍

單字解釋

span
[spæn; spæn]
<<可數名詞>>
1 一手掌的長度[距離]
(手指張開時拇指尖至小指尖的長度)
2 期間,短時間,片刻
the ~ of life
人的一生
a memory [attention] ~
記憶 [注意力] 持續的期間[時間]
within a ~ of twenty-four hours
在二十四小時內
His life had almost completed its ~.
他的生命幾乎已到盡頭
3 全長,全部範圍
the ~ of one's arms
伸張雙臂的長度
the ~ of a bridge
橋的全長
4『建築』兩支柱間 [兩橋墩間] 的距離
5『航空』翼長,翼展
<<及物動詞>>
(spanned; span.ning)
1 用手掌測量…
He spanned his wrist.
他握住手腕部量量看有多粗
2 a. <橋等> 跨過,架在<河>上,連結…的兩岸
A bridge ~s the river there.
一座橋架在那邊河上
b. 在<河等>上架 [橋等] [with]
~ a river with a bridge
在河上架橋
3
a. 跨越,長達 <多少歲月> ; <記憶、想像等> 及於,擴及…
His active career spanned the two decades.
他活躍的生涯長達二十年
b. 彌補 <空缺>
Imagination will ~ the gaps in our knowledge.
想像力會彌補我們知識的不足
span

《spick-and-span 之略》<<形容詞>>
嶄新的,新做的
span
<<及物動詞>>
(spanned,spanning,spans)
縛住; 綁住
<<名詞>>
1 『航海』跨繩
2 (大小,力氣,顏色相當之) 一對動物,雙牛,雙馬,雙騾
=Statistical Processing and Analysis 統計處理及分析
[spn]
n. 指距, 全長, 跨距, 一段時間, 小範圍
vt. 以手指測量, 跨越, 架設, 持續
[化] 跨度; 跨距
[醫] 斯潘, 司盤(山梨醇脂肪酸酯, 乳化劑和去污劑); 跨距(約九英吋)
[經] 幅度

" 【GRE紅寶書】
SPAN n. 兩個界限間的距離; 跨度
(英) n. 兩個界限間的距離(a stretch between two limits)

【21世紀英漢詞典】
span
『古』為 spin 之過去式及過去分詞

【Collins】  ◆◆◇◇◇

1 span spans
A span is the period of time between two dates or events during which something exists, functions, or happens.
The batteries had a life span of six hours.
Gradually the time span between sessions will increase.
N-COUNT: usu supp N

2 span spans
Your concentration span or your attention span is the length of time you are able to concentrate on something or be interested in it.
His ability to absorb information was astonishing, but his concentration span was short.
Young children have a limited attention span and can't concentrate on one activity for very long.
N-COUNT: usu supp N

3 span spans spanning spanned
If something spans a long period of time, it lasts throughout that period of time or relates to that whole period of time.
His professional career spanned 16 years.
The film, spanning almost a quarter-century, tells the story of Henry Hill.
Lining a corridor is a wall of photographs spanning his rugby days.
VB: no passive

4 span spans spanning spanned
If something spans a range of things, all those things are included in it.
Bernstein's compositions spanned all aspects of music, from symphonies to musicals.
...a remarkable man whose interests spanned almost every aspect of nature.
VB: no passive

5 span spans
The span of something that extends or is spread out sideways is the total width of it from one end to the other.
It is a very pretty butterfly, with a 2 inch wing span.
It may be that you are unaware of where your hip joint is; it is not at the waist but a good hand span below it.
N-COUNT: usu with supp

6 span spans spanning spanned
A bridge or other structure that spans something such as a river or a valley stretches right across it.

英字分解

• s
• pan

s
[音似] 時;十; 石; 士; 尸; 世; 仕; 司; 史; 四; 失; 市; 矢; 示; 寺; 式; 死; 似; 私; 事; 侍; 使; 始; 祀; 虱; 俟; 室; 屎; 屍; 思; 恃; 拭; 拾; 施; 是; 柿; 食; 師; 時; 舐; 豉; 逝; 斯; 絲; 視; 勢; 嗜; 嗣; 弒; 溼; 筮; 肆; 試; 詩; 軾; 飼; 飾; 實; 碩; 蝕; 誓; 廝; 撕; 蝨; 適; 駟; 駛; 澌; 諡; 濕; 釋

pan

all, any, everyone
[example]
panacea - a cure for all diseases or problems; panorama - an all-around view; pantheism - the worship of all gods; pandemic - affecting all.
[ㄆㄢ]判; 叛; 盼; 潘; 盤; 磐; 磻; 蟠; 蹣; 攀; [ㄆㄤ]胖; 龐; 旁
n. 〈希神〉潘（半人半羊的山林和畜牧之神）
n. 平鍋, 淺盤, 盆地, 硬土層, 拍攝全景
vt. 上下左右移動, 搖鏡頭, 淘洗, 淘金

列根成形

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創義薛說

事物的全部（想像用左右搖攝把全景掃視一遍） ➔ 正是所謂全部範圍