expanse

étendue

Grande surface ouverte de terre, d’eau, de ciel ou d’autre chose.

En anglais simple : A large, open area of land, water, sky, or something else.

• A blue expanse of sea lay ahead.
• We walked across a wide expanse of grass.
• White expanses of snow covered the mountains.

Comment l'utiliser : expanse of something (We crossed a vast expanse of desert.)

Synonymes : stretch, area

Expressions courantes : vast expanse, expanse of water, wide expanse