breadth: [16] Breadth was formed in the 16th century by adding the suffix -th (as in length) to the already existing noun brede ‘breadth’. This was an ancient formation, directly derived in prehistoric Germanic times from *braid-, the stem of broad. It came into Old English as brǣdu. => broad
breadth (n.)
1520s, alteration of brede "breadth," from Old English brædu "breadth, width, extent," from bræd; probably by analogy of long/length.
权威例句
1. The dollar fell to within a hair's breadth of its all-time low.
美元差一点跌到了最低点。
2. She has travelled the length and breadth of Britain.
她游历了英国各地。
3. His breadth of knowledge filled me with admiration.
他学识渊博,令我非常钦佩。
4. Older people have a tremendous breadth of experience.
年长者阅历相当丰富。
5. She estimated the breadth of the lake to be 500 metres.