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 broad acres
 寬廣的土地

 A·cre n.
 1. Any field of arable or pasture land. [Obs.]
 2. A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.
 Note: ☞ The acre was limited to its present definite quantity by statutes of Edward I., Edward III., and Henry VIII.
 Broad acres, many acres, much landed estate. [Rhetorical]
 God's acre, God's field; the churchyard.
 I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls
 The burial ground, God's acre.   --Longfellow.
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 Broad a. [Compar. Broader superl. Broadest.]
 1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
 2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
 3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. “Broad and open day.”
 4. Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
    A broad mixture of falsehood.   --Locke.
 Note: Hence: -
 5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
    The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.   --D. Daggett.
    In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way.   --E. Everett.
 6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
 7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
    As broad and general as the casing air.   --Shak.
 8. Fine Arts Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
 Note: ☞ Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged.
 Broad acres. See under Acre.
 Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad arrow under Arrow.
 As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes.
    It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them.   --L'Estrange.
 Broad pennant. See under Pennant.
 Syn: -- Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.