旷(曠)kuànɡⅠ ❶ (空而宽阔) vast; spacious: 地 ~ 人稀 a vast territory with a sparse population ❷ (心境开阔) free from worries and petty ideas: 心 ~ 神怡 carefree and happy ❸ (间隙过大; 过于肥大) loose-fitting: 这身衣服她穿着太 ~ 了。 The dress sits loosely on her. Ⅱ (耽误; 荒废) neglect; waste; desert; skip Ⅲ (姓氏) a surname: ~ 敏本 Kuang Minben ◆旷达 broad-minded; big-hearted; free; open-minded; 旷代 [书] (of a person) matchless (or unrivalled; unique) among one's contemporaries; 旷废 neglect; be out of practice; 旷费 waste; 旷夫 [书] an unmarried man of marriageable age; 旷工 stay away from work without leave or good reason; neglect work; 旷古 from time immemorial; 旷古未闻 unheard-of; never heard of in history; unprecedented; 旷久 lasting; long; 旷课 be absent from school without leave; cut school; cut classes; play truant; skip school work; 旷日持久 delay [last] for a long time; drag on; extend over days; long-drawn-out; maintain for a long time; prolonged; protracted; waste the day and stand by; 旷世 [书] outstanding; unequaled by comtemporaries; without peer in one's generation; incomparable in the contemporary era; 旷野 wilderness; open field; open country; 旷职 be absent from duty without leave or good reason |