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。
(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
late Middle English: from French extensif, -ive or late Latin extensivus, from extens- 'stretched out', from the verb extendere (see extend)