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expansive

🇬🇧 UK/ik'spænsiv/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Wide in range or scope; talkative and open in manner; able to expand

广阔的;开朗健谈的;可扩展的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
exout of, former
+
pandspread, open, extend
+
ivetending to, having the nature of
=expansive

Common Collocations

  • 1.expansive mood爽朗的心情
  • 2.expansive view宽阔的视野
  • 3.expansive gesture豪爽的姿态

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    After a few drinks, he became expansive and told everyone his life stories.

  • 2.

    The forest has an expansive canopy that covers the entire valley.

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