spann. 1. distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of thelittle finger of a spread hand,handbreadth一拃(手伸開,拇指尖至小指尖之間的距離)。 △As.3.2.140 (131):“That the stretching of a span / Buckles in his sum ofage;” i.e.Such a small distance encloses the whole ofa man's life. (cf.Psalms 39; 5:“Behold. thou hast made my days as it were a span long.”) 只要伸出一只手掌那么寬,就可把握了人的一生。(參見《詩篇》第39章第5節(jié):“你使我的年日,窄如手掌?!? 2. hand's-breadth,(fig.) briet stretch of time,shorttime一手之寬,一拃;(比喻)一小段時間,短暫時間。 △Oth. 23.74 (71): “A soldier's a man; / O man's life's but a span;”當(dāng)兵的是好漢;啊,人生一世太短暫。 span[sp?n]n.跨度,廣度,指距v.跨越 ◇ over a span of經(jīng)過…的時間 ‖ akimbo span肘間距 apprehension span理解廣度 arch span拱跨 central span中心距 clear span凈跨 history of span歷史跨度 side span邊跨 span of attention注意廣度 span of comprehension理解廣度 span of consciousness意識廣度 span of control管轄范圍,控制廣度 span of immediate memory瞬時記憶廣度 span of knowledge知覺面 span of memory記憶廣度 span of perception知覺廣度 span of supervision督導(dǎo)范圍 suspended span懸跨 time span時間間隔 spanless adj. span-new adj.嶄新的 |