broad: [OE] Broad’s close relatives are widespread in the Germanic languages (German breit, for example, Dutch breed, and Swedish bred), pointing to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *braithaz, but no trace of the word is found in any non-Germanic Indo-European language. The original derived noun was brede, which was superseded in the 16th century by breadth. The 20th-century American slang noun use ‘woman’ may come from an obsolete American compound broadwife, short for abroadwife, meaning ‘woman away from her husband’; this was a term applied to female slaves in relation to their new ‘masters’. => breadth
broad (adj.)
Old English brad "broad, flat, open, extended," from Proto-Germanic *braithaz (cognates: Old Frisian bred, Old Norse breier, Dutch breed, German breit, Gothic brouts), which is of unknown origin. Not found outside Germanic languages. No clear distinction in sense from wide. Related: Broadly. Broad-brim as a style of hat (1680s, broad-brimmed) in 18c.-19c. suggested "Quaker male" from their characteristic attire.
broad (n.)
"woman," slang, 1911, perhaps suggestive of broad (adj.) hips, but it also might trace to American English abroadwife, word for a woman (often a slave) away from her husband. Earliest use of the slang word suggests immorality or coarse, low-class women. Because of this negative association, and the rise of women's athletics, the track and field broad jump was changed to the long jump c. 1967.
例文
1. The hills rise green and sheer above the broad river.
これらの小山は青々として険しく、この広い川の上にそびえ立っている。
2.It rapidly became apparent that rock 'n 'roll was a very broad church indeed.
ロックは実際には何でも揃っていることがすぐに明らかになった。
3.A girl was attacked on a train in broad daylight.
白昼堂々、列車の中で女の子が襲われた。
4.The fat, broad tyres had a good depth of tread.
という幅広のタイヤは深いトレッドパターンを持っている。
5.He was following a broad trail through the trees.