2022-01-02 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – B – Broad – wide

2022-01-02

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – B – Broad – wide 

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Broad = “BRAWD”

ออกเสียง Wide = “WAHYD”

 

Dictionary.com

Broad noun slang = used to refer to a woman.

USAGE NOTE FOR BROAD

When used to refer to a woman, broad is usually perceived as insulting. The meaning “promiscuous woman” is probably the earlier sense.

 

IDIOMS ABOUT BROAD

broad on the beam, Nautical. bearing 90° to the heading of a vessel.

broad on the bow, Nautical. bearing 45° to the heading of a vessel.

 

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions

Broad – wide

Each of these adjectives is used to indicate horizontal extent,

Board is preferable when the word it modifies 

is a surface or expansive viewed as such

 (broad stream, broad field, broad shoulders).

 

Wide is preferably used when the sense of space is stressed 

(the table is 4 feet wide) or when the distance across a surface is mentioned indefinitely (The lake is wide at that point). 

These words are often interchangeable, 

but idiomatic usage normally prevails: “wide mouth,” “broad grin.”

 

Collins COBUILD English Usage 

Wide – broad

Something that is wide or broad 

measures a large distance from one side to the other. 

You can say that something such as a street or river is wide or broad.

They live on a wide, tree-lined street.

The streets of this town are broad.

Wide is more common in conversation than 'broad'.

The river was so wide I couldn't jump over it.

When you are talking about objects, you usually say that they are wide rather than 'broad'.

In the centre of the room was a wide bed.

The men came out through a wide doorway.

When you are talking about parts of someone's body, you usually use broad rather than 'wide'.

He was tall, with broad shoulders.

She gave me a broad smile.