资料来源 : pyDict
到国外,在海外;到处
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Abroad \A*broad"\, adv. [Pref. a- + broad.]
1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree
spreads its branches abroad.
The fox roams far abroad. --Prior.
2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from
one's abode; as, to walk abroad.
I went to St. James', where another was preaching in
the court abroad. --Evelyn.
3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as,
we have broils at home and enemies abroad. ``Another
prince . . . was living abroad.'' --Macaulay.
4. Before the public at large; throughout society or the
world; here and there; widely.
He went out, and began to publish it much, and to
blaze abroad the matter. --Mark i. 45.
{To be abroad}.
(a) To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are
all abroad in your guess.
(b) To be at a loss or nonplused.
资料来源 : WordNet®
abroad
adj : in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets"
[syn: {overseas}]
adv 1: to or in a foreign country; "they had never travelled
abroad"
2: far away from home or one's usual surroundings; "looking
afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall [syn: {afield}]
3: in a place across an ocean [syn: {overseas}, {beyond the sea},
{over the sea}]