Range

(noun.) a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; 'the army maintains a missile range in the desert'; 'any good golf club will have a range where you can practice'.

(noun.) a variety of different things or activities; 'he answered a range of questions'; 'he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection'.

(noun.) the limits within which something can be effective; 'range of motion'; 'he was beyond the reach of their fire'.

(noun.) a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze; 'they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring'; 'he dreamed of a home on the range'.

(noun.) a series of hills or mountains; 'the valley was between two ranges of hills'; 'the plains lay just beyond the mountain range'.

(verb.) let eat; 'range the animals in the prairie'.

(verb.) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; 'lay out the clothes'; 'lay out the arguments'.

(verb.) range or extend over; occupy a certain area; 'The plants straddle the entire state'.

(verb.) change or be different within limits; 'Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion'; 'Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent'; 'The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals'; 'My students range from very bright to dull'.

(verb.) have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; 'This gun ranges over two miles'.

艾伦录入

• Seest thou, Isaac, said Front-de-Boeuf, the range of iron bars above the glowing charcoal? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The spire of Evian shone under the woods that surrounded it, and the range of mountain above mountain by which it was overhung. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• They reveal a depth and range of meaning in experiences which otherwise might be mediocre and trivial. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I do not think it took us longer than that to get out of range and out of sight. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He studied the sp ecies in their natural setting, the habitat, and range, and habits, and food of the different varieties. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• And they mark a new step forward in the power and range of the human mind. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The sound of a drawer cautiously slid out struck my ear; stepping a little to one side, my vision took a free range, unimpeded by falling curtains. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Lieb wrote from Milan, Italy, that he had in use on the Edison system there 360 meters ranging from 350 ampere-hours per month up to 30,000. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Its fiber is very long, ranging from six to ten feet, and is noted for its smoothness and pliability, a feature which makes it ideal for rope making. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The full-grown tree is quite large, ranging sixty feet and over in height and about eight feet around the trunk. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils; destroying the objects that obstructed me, and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The dots are of various sizes, ranging from a minute stipple to a solid black, and they present to the eye the same effect as the unbroken tones of a photograph. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In the ivory storage vaults of one large company, there is held from $150,000 to $300,000 worth of ivory, ranging from the tusk up to the finished product. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This halftone screen is a glass plate ruled with lines at right angles ranging, for different purposes, from 60 to 200 lines to the inch. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It has been used of recent years to designate the skilled horsemen who have charge of the cattle on the great ranges of the West. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• These four perpendicular ranges of windows admitted air, and, the fire being kindled, heat, or smoke at least, to each of the galleries. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• You must penetrate the ponderous vocabulary, the professional cant to the insight beneath or you scoff at the mountain ranges of words and phrases. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The ranges are read in scales of 10-yard steps, and the azimuths for each . 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Varieties generally have much restricted ranges. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• She sat quiet, her lips parted by the stress of the ascent, her eyes wandering peacefully over the broken ranges of the landscape. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The lumber from the redwood tree is light, and ranges in color from medium to light cherry, while the lumber from the Big Trees, or _Sequoia Gigantia_, has a decided pink cast. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The females and young squatted in a thin line at the outer periphery of the circle, while just in front of them ranged the adult males. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• They ranged in height from three to four feet, and were moving restlessly about the enclosure as though searching for food. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Then as now, the propositions brought to Edison ranged over every conceivable subject, but the years have taught him caution in grappling with them. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It consisted of five magnetic needles, ranged side by side on a horizontal line that formed the diameter of a rhomb. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• They ranged from a faint trace of extensive diffuse nebulosity to a nebulous star with a mere vestige of cloudiness. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• They probably ranged over very wide areas. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He was hit low in the back of the neck and the bullet had ranged upward and come out under the right eye. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.

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