expansive
adjective
uk/ɪkˈspæn.sɪv/us/ɪkˈspæn.sɪv/expansiveadjective(TALKING)
formal
veryhappytotalktopeoplein afriendlyway:
友善健谈的;豪爽的;开朗的He was in an expansivemoodon thenightof theparty.聚会那天晚上,他情绪很好,豪爽健谈。
Synonyms
chattyinformal
garrulous
long-winded
loquaciousformal
prolixformaldisapproving
talkative
verboseformaldisapproving
volubleformal
wordydisapproving
Talkative and eloquent
- articulately
- articulateness
- cry
- eloquence
- eloquently
- expressive
- fluency
- fluent
- loquacious
- loquaciously
- loquacity
- lucid
- lucidity
- lucidly
- oracy
- silver-tongued
- smooth
- the gift of the gabidiom
- turn of phrase
- voluble
expansiveadjective(LARGE)
coveringalargearea:
广阔的,辽阔的;浩瀚的There was an expansiveviewfrom thewindow.从窗口望去,辽阔的景色一览无余。
"All this is mine," she said with an expansivearmgesture(= usingbigmovements).“所有这一切都是我的,”她张开双臂比划着说道。
Big and quite big
- appreciable
- baronial
- bloated
- bulky
- burly
- heaping
- hearty
- hefty
- higher
- hulking
- mass
- palatial
- rambling
- roomy
- royal
- savage
- sizable
- sizeable
- the bigger the betteridiom
- walk-in