[mass noun]the measurement or extent of something from side to side; the lesser of two or the least of three dimensions of a body 宽度,阔度;宽 the yard was about seven feet in width. 院子大约七英尺宽。 [count noun]the shoe comes in a variety of widths. 蹄铁有不同的宽度。 ■[count noun]a piece of something at its full extent from side to side 整幅的东西 a single width of hardboard. 一整块硬纸板。 ■[count noun]the sideways extent of a swimming pool as a measure of the distance swum (游泳池的)池宽 ■the quality of covering or accepting a broad range of things; scope 宽阔;广博;宽大;范围 the width of experience required for these positions. 这些职位对经验丰富程度的要求。
语源
early 17th cent.: from wide + -th, on the pattern of breadth (replacing wideness)