span
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A span is the period of time between two dates or events during which something exists, functions, or happens. (两时间点之间的) 时间段
The batteries had a life span of six hours. 电池的使用寿命是6小时。
2. N-COUNT Your concentration span or your attention span is the length of time you are able to concentrate on something or be interested in it. (注意力的) 持续时间
His ability to absorb information was astonishing, but his concentration span was short. 他吸收信息的能力让人惊讶,但他的注意力持续时间很短。
3. V-T If something spans a long period of time, it lasts throughout that period of time or relates to that whole period of time. 持续[no passive]
His professional career spanned 16 years. 他的职业生涯持续了16年。
4. V-T If something spans a range of things, all those things are included in it. 包括[no passive]
Bernstein's compositions spanned all aspects of music, from symphonies to musicals. 伯恩斯坦创作的乐曲包括了音乐的所有方面,从交响乐到音乐剧。
5. N-COUNT The span of something that extends or is spread out sideways is the total width of it from one end to the other. 宽距[usu with supp]
It is a very pretty butterfly, with a 2 inch wing span. 它是一只非常漂亮的蝴蝶,翅膀张开有2英寸宽。
6. N a team of horses or oxen, esp two matched animals 马队或牛队
7. V-T A bridge or other structure that spans something such as a river or a valley stretches right across it. 横跨
Travellers get from one side to the other by walking across a footbridge that spans a little stream. 旅游者通过一座横跨小溪的人行桥从一边走到另一边。
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span /spæn/ (spanning,spanned,spans)
剑桥词典
span noun (TIME)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 通常作为单数使用的名词 ]the period of time that sometimes exists or happens
一段时间
He has a short attention /concentration span. 他的注意力持续时间很短。
an average life span of 70 years 平均寿命70岁
Over a span of just three years , the new government has transformed the country's economic prospects . 仅仅3年的时间,新政府已经使该国的经济前景出现了改观。
也见 lifespan
span noun (LENGTH)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]the length of something from one end to the other
长度;宽度;跨度
huge wings with a span of over a metre 翼展超过1米的巨型翅膀
也见 wingspan
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]
the area of a bridge , etc. between two supports
(桥等的)跨度,跨距,墩距
The bridge crosses the river in a single span. 河上的桥是单孔桥。 返回 span