extensive

extensive
adjective
  1. covering or affecting a large area
    广阔的;广大的
    an extensive garden.
    一个占地面积很大的花园。
    ■large in amount or scale
    数量大的;规模大的
    an extensive collection of silver.
    大量收集的银子。
  2. (of agriculture) obtaining a relatively small crop from a large area with a minimum of attention and expense
    (农业)粗放(经营)的。 常与 intensive (义项1) 相对
    extensive farming techniques.
    粗放耕作技术。
派生
extensively
adverb
extensiveness
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from French extensif, -ive or late Latin extensivus, from extens- 'stretched out', from the verb extendere (see extend)
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