span
noun
uk/spæn/us/spæn/spannoun(TIME)
[Cusually singular]
theperiodoftimethat somethingexistsorhappens:
He has ashortattention/concentrationspan.他的注意力持续时间很短。
anaveragelifespan of 70years平均寿命70岁
Over aspanofjust threeyears, the newgovernmenthastransformedthe country'seconomicprospects.仅仅3年的时间，新政府已经使该国的经济前景出现了改观。
See also
lifespan
time span
Periods of time - general words
- age
- at/in one sittingidiom
- day
- digital age
- duration
- leeway
- length
- life cycle
- lifetime
- making
- me time
- period
- rest
- session
- sleep
- spasm
- tide
- time lag
- time span
- timescale
spannoun(LENGTH)
[C]
thelengthof something from one end to the other:
长度；宽度；跨度hugewingswith a span of over ametre翼展超过1米的巨型翅膀
See also
wingspan
[C]
theareaof abridge, etc. between twosupports:
（桥等的）跨度，跨距，墩距Thebridgecrossestheriverin asinglespan.河上的桥是单孔桥。
Measurements in general
- bathymetric
- bathymetry
- be running atsomethingidiom
- calibrate
- calibration
- distance
- drop
- elevation
- factor
- full-scale
- kilo
- knee-deep
- lengthways
- longways
- metric
- metrication
- milli-
- proportion
- scale
- setting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Bridges
span
verb
uk/spæn/us/spæn/spanverb(SPIN)
past simple ofspin
（spin 的过去式）Revolving, rotating and spinning
- around
- around and aroundidiom
- backspin
- birl
- centrifugal
- circuit
- rev
- revolve
- revolving
- rotary
- rotate
- rotation
- spin
- swim
- swing
- twirl
- twirling
- twirly
- underspin
- wheel round
spanverb(TIME)
[T]-nn-
toexistorcontinuefor aparticularlengthoftime:
（时间）持续，跨越Tennis has ahistoryspanning severalcenturies.网球的历史长达几个世纪。
Heractingcareerspannedalmostsixdecades.她的演艺生涯持续了近60载。
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usualidiom
- bash on
- carry(something)on
- cease
- cont.
- contd
- drag
- echo
- insist ondoing something
- jag
- keep atsomething
- keepsomeoneat itidiom
- leg
- push ahead
- push on
- run on
- runsomeone/somethingover
- seesomethingout
- soldier
- spin
spanverb(BRIDGE)
[T]-nn-
If abridgespans ariver, it goes from onesideto the other:
横跨Anoldbridgespans theriverjustoutsidethetown.一座老桥横跨在镇外的河上。
Crossing and moving through
- bash through (something)
- break
- break throughsomething
- criss-cross
- cross
- crossed
- cut
- cut acrosssomething
- ford
- penetrate
- penetration
- penetrative
- percolate
- pierce
- plough
- scythe
- straddle
- thread
- transit
- uncrossed
span
adjective
uk/spæn/us/spæn/spick and span
→spickand spaninformal
崭新的；极整洁的，极干净的Clean & tidy
- (as) clean as a (new) pinidiom
- apple pie
- aseptic
- be in apple-pie orderidiom
- cleanliness
- clipped
- neatly
- neatness
- non-clogging
- non-polluting
- ordered
- orderly
- spotless
- spotlessly
- squeaky-clean
- stainless
- sterile
- super-clean
- tidy
- well kept