wide: [OE] Wide is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German weit, Dutch wijd, and Swedish and Danish vid. All are descended from prehistoric Germanic *wīdaz, which may go back ultimately to the Indo-European base *wi- ‘apart, away’ (source also of Sanskrit vitarám ‘further’). Width was coined in the early 17th century, probably on the analogy of breadth.
wide (adj.)
Old English wid "vast, broad, long," also used of time, from Proto-Germanic *widaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian wid, Old Norse vier, Dutch wijd, Old High German wit, German weit), perhaps from PIE *wi-ito-, from root *wi- "apart, away, in half."
Meaning "distended, expanded, spread apart" is from c. 1500; sense of "embracing many subjects" is from 1530s; meaning "missing the intended target" is from 1580s. As a second element in compounds (such as nationwide, worldwide) meaning "extending through the whole of," is is from late Old English. As an adverb, Old English wide. Wide open "unguarded, exposed to attack" (1915) originally was in boxing, etc. Wide awake (adj.) is first recorded 1818; figurative sense of "alert, knowing" is attested from 1833.
雙語例句
1. There is a wide veranda under the overhang of the roof.
懸吊的屋頂下是一條寬闊的游廊。
來自柯林斯例句
2. As pope he won wide support for his strict orthodoxy.
作為教皇他嚴守正統教義，贏得了廣泛的支持。
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3. The wide road was blocked solid with traffic that moved along sluggishly.
寬闊的馬路被緩慢前行的車輛堵得嚴嚴實實。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Leo went on, his dark eyes wide with pity and concern.
利奧接著說下去，他的黑眼睛瞪得大大的，充滿憐憫和關切。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He is a cultured man with a wide circle of friends.