breadth

英[bredθ;-t-] 美[brɛdθ]

反义词length

复数: breadths;

breadth 宽度

形容词broad的名词形式。

breadth: breadth: [16] Breadth was formed in the 16th century by adding the suffix -th (as in length) to the already existing noun brede ‘breadth’. This was an ancient formation, directly derived in prehistoric Germanic times from *braid-, the stem of broad. It came into Old English as brǣdu.
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breadth (n.): 1520s, alteration of brede "breadth," from Old English brædu "breadth, width, extent," from bræd; probably by analogy of long/length.

1. The dollar fell to within a hair's breadth of its all-time low.: 美元差一点跌到了最低点。