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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary abroad DATE 13th century 1. over a wide area : widely 2. away from one's home 3. beyond the boundaries of one's country 4. in wide circulation : about 5. wide of the mark : astray English Etymology abroad mid-13c., "widely apart," from O.E. on brede, which meant something like "at wide" (see broad). The sense "out of doors, away from home" (late 14c.) led to the main modern sense of "out of one's country, overseas" (mid-15c.). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ abroad abroad / E5brC:d / adverb(especially BrE) 1. in or to a foreign country 在国外；到国外: to be / go / travel / live abroad 在外国；出国；到国外旅行；在外国居住 She worked abroad for a year. 她在国外工作了一年。 imports of cheap food from abroad 国外廉价食物的进口 He was famous, both at home and abroad (= in his own country and in other countries). 他享誉国内外。 2. (formal) being talked about or felt by many people 广为流传: There was news abroad that a change was coming. 盛传即将有一个变动。 3. (old use) outside; outdoors 在室外；到室外；户外 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: set abroad , or come abroad abroad I. \əˈbrȯd\ adverb (or adjective) Etymology: Middle English abrood, from a- (I) + brood broad 1. : over a wide area : at large < a tree spreading its branches abroad > : widely apart < flinging his arms wildly abroad — Nathaniel Hawthorne > 2. : out of the house : away from one's home < walk abroad after lunch > : in circulation or movement from place to place : on the street or public ways : here and there < at this hour the few people abroad go quickly on their ways > < the enemy is abroad in the land > : out in the open < insects awakened from torpor and abroad in the spring sun — Walter Pater > 3. : beyond the boundaries of a country < travel abroad in many lands > : in or to foreign countries < a university well known abroad > 4. : in circulation throughout society or the world < the idea has got abroad > : in evidence : about < plenty of enthusiasm abroad > 5. : wide of the mark : astray : in confusion < I'm much abroad in my ciphering — Francis Hoover > 6. : contested elsewhere than on the home grounds < the team wears a different uniform for games abroad > II. preposition : throughout , over < and then abroad the world he goes — Emily Dickinson > |
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