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Wide German Meaning Germanic Dutch Wijd Wi English

正面 942.wide
英 [waɪd]美 [waɪd]

背面
释义:
adj. 广泛的;宽的,广阔的;张大的;远离目标的adv. 广泛地;广阔地;充分地n. 大千世界n. (Wide)人名;(瑞典、芬)维德
例句:
1. There is a wide veranda under the overhang of the roof.悬吊的屋顶下是一条宽阔的游廊。

1、pen- "punishment, penalty" => pain.2、该词的古语含义为:惩罚,处罚;后来引申为:遭受惩罚后的感受、结果,也就是:疼痛、痛苦。
wide 宽的来自PIE*weidh,分开,词源同widow,with,divide,即分开的,宽的,进一步来自*dwi,二,词源同di-,two,*dhe,放置,词源同do,cred-,心,信任。即两边放置,分开。
widewide: [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 viðr, 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."

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