expansion是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 扩张， 膨胀； 张开， 伸展，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- n the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent Ithe eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently short-ened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port, which by some is called Greensburgh, but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was eventually known that Gabriel, though paid a fixed wage by Bathsheba independent of the fluctuations of agricultural profits, had made an engagement with Boldwood by which Oak was to receive a share of the receipts a small share certainly, yet it was money of a higher quality than mere wages, and capable of expansion in a way that wages were not.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mrs. Sparsit's Coriolanian nose underwent a slight expansion of the nostrils, and her black eyebrows contracted as she took a sip of tea.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Not all the sunshine of Venice had given her this in-ward expansion and warmth.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Again, it is very often observed that, if the sperm whale, once struck, is allowed time to rally, he then acts, not so often with blind rage, as with wilful, deliberate designs of destruction to his pursuers; nor is it without conveying some eloquent indication of his character, that upon being attacked he will frequently open his mouth, and retain it in that dread expansion for several consecutive minutes.
-- At its utmost expansion in the full grown whale, the tail will considerably exceed twenty feet across.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Whether an exceedingly small expansion of eye be sufficient to quell paupers, who, being lightly fed, are in no very high condition; or whether the late Mrs. Corney was particularly proof against eagle glances; are matters of opinion.
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