Exactly: you see you do not even know what Space is. You think it is of Two Dimensions only; but I have come to announce to you a Third -- height, breadth, and length. Your Lordship is pleased to be merry. We also speak of length and height, or breadth and thickness, thus denoting Two Dimensions by four names. STRANGER. But I mean not only three names, but Three Dimensions. Would your Lordship indicate or explain to me in what direction is the Third Dimension, unknown to me? STRANGER.英文原著 · 《Flatland》
The tailor worked and worked, and he talked to himself: "No breadth at all, and cut on the cross; it is no breadth at all; tippets for mice and ribbons for mobs! for mice!" said the Tailor of Gloucester.英文原著 · 《The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter》
[8] Or, "eight fingers' breadth +" = 6 inches +. {palaiste} or {palaste}, a palm or four fingers' breadth = 3 inches +.英文原著 · 《The Sportsman》
A most unpleasant situation, sir! "At length I said to her:
"'Would you like us to go and take a walk on the rampart? The weather is splendid.'
"This was in September, and indeed it was a wonderful day, bright and not too hot. The mountains could be seen as clearly as though they were but a hand's-breadth away. We went, and walked in silence to and fro along the rampart of the fortress. At length she sat down on the sward, and I sat beside her. In truth, now, it is funny to think of it all! I used to run after her just like a kind of children's nurse!英文原著 · 《A Hero of Our Time》
Iceland lies in the Atlantic ocean; its greatest breadth is 240 geographical miles, and its extreme length from north to south 140 miles. The number of inhabitants is estimated at 48,000, and the superficial extent of the island at 29,800 square miles.英文原著 · 《A Visit to Iceland》
"But it is in the soul of the Master."
"Yes," said Earthrid, "but that is not all. I will tell you what it is. In Threal, where I was born and brought up, we learn the mystery of the Three in nature. This world, which lies extended before us, has three directions. Length is the line which shuts off what is, from what is not. Breadth is the surface which shows us in what manner one thing of what-is, lives with another thing. Depth is the path which leads from what-is, to our own body. In music it is not otherwise.英文原著 · 《A Voyage to Arcturus》
Dad, tonight's a celebration not just of the quality of your invention, but the new breadth of your thinking.美剧 · 《Billions》
…And given the depth and the breadth of this 9,000-person study…美剧 · 《Lie to me》