English Dictionary

widespread

/ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/

adj

Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread unemployment.

意味（1）

Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.