expanse

Definitions

ex- (out) + panse (the pāns- form of pandere, spread) = literally 'the spread-out.' Where expand is the action and expansion the process, expanse is the thing itself — one wide open stretch you take in at a glance.

Common Collocations

• 1.a vast expanse一片广袤
• 2.a wide expanse一片辽阔
• 3.an endless expanse无边无际的一片
• 4.expanse of water广阔的水面
• 5.expanse of sky辽阔的天空

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Below us lay a vast expanse of golden desert.

• 2.

  The plane flew for hours over an endless expanse of ocean.

• 3.

  She stared out at the wide expanse of open sky.