range

Compared meaning: the extent or limit something covers (noun).

比较义项：某事物所涵盖或达到的范围、限度（名词）。

• scope

  Scope marks the boundary of what a subject, task, plan or person's authority covers; common in formal or professional contexts, often paired with phrases meaning 'beyond' or 'within' that boundary, or 'narrow/widen' it.

  scope强调某个学科、任务、计划或职权所涵盖的边界，常用于正式或专业场合，人们常说某事“超出scope”或“缩小/扩大scope”。

  Discussing salary is beyond the scope of today's meeting.

  讨论薪水超出了今天会议的范围。

• range 本词

  Range highlights the variety of different types or items within one category, and is typically used with countable things like products, options or skills, as in describing something as offering a wide selection.

  range强调同一类别内不同种类或项目的多样性，通常与产品、选项等可数事物搭配，常说“种类繁多的range”或“广泛的range”。

  The bakery offers a wide range of gluten-free breads and cakes.

  这家面包店提供种类繁多的无麸质面包和蛋糕。

• reach

  Reach refers to how far someone's or something's influence, ability or effect extends, whether a physical distance or a figurative limit, often describing what is or is not attainable for someone.

  reach指某人或某事物的影响力、能力或效力所能达到的远近，可指实际距离，也可指比喻意义上的限度，常用来描述某事对某人来说是否力所能及。

  Owning a home in that city is beyond his reach financially.

  在那个城市买房在经济上是他力所不能及的。

• compass

  Compass is a formal, rather literary word for the extent or range of something, used mainly in written or academic style, especially in the fixed phrase describing what falls within that range.

  compass是较为正式、书面化的说法，指某事物的范围或限度，多用于书面或学术语体，常出现在描述某事是否落在这个范围之内的固定说法中。

  No one can master every language within the compass of a single lifetime.

  没有人能够在一生的时间范围内掌握所有语言。

Scope, range, reach, and compass all mean the extent something covers. Scope is a task's or authority's limit. Range means variety within a category, like products. Reach is how far influence extends. Compass is formal, literary. Reach's 'touch' and compass's 'direction' meanings are not compared.

这四个词在“范围、限度”这一义项上比较接近，容易混淆，但语气和用法不同：scope和range常用于日常或专业语境，reach强调影响力或效力所能达到的远近，compass语气最为正式、书面化。这里不比较reach作动词“伸手够到”的用法（如“you can reach the top shelf”），也不比较compass更常见的“指南针”义项。

Compared meaning: a kitchen appliance for cooking (noun).

比较义项：厨房里用于烹饪的炉灶设备（名词）。

• range 本词

  Refers to a combined cooktop-and-oven appliance, usually a standalone unit; typical of appliance ads, real-estate listings, and more formal or technical descriptions of a kitchen.

  指炉灶与烤箱一体的厨房电器，通常是独立的一体机；多见于家电广告、房产介绍等较正式或专业的厨房描述中。

  The new kitchen has a stainless steel range with six gas burners and a double oven.

  这间新厨房配有一台不锈钢炉灶，带六个燃气灶眼和双层烤箱。

• stove

  The everyday, more general word for the appliance; often used loosely to mean just the burners or cooktop, and is the natural choice in casual, spoken descriptions.

  是更日常、更通用的说法，常被泛指为灶台或炉眼部分，是口语中描述厨房用具时更自然的选择。

  She left a pot of soup simmering on the stove.

  她把一锅汤留在炉子上慢炖。

Range and stove both mean a kitchen cooking appliance, often used interchangeably. Range refers to a combined stovetop-and-oven unit, common in ads or real-estate listings, and sounds formal. Stove is the everyday word, sometimes meaning the burners. Stove's other meaning, 'a heater', is not compared.

这两个词都指厨房里用来做饭的炉灶设备，日常口语中常可互换，但语气和侧重不同；这里不比较 stove 表示“取暖炉”的另一义项。

Compared meaning: to arrange things neatly in order (verb).

比较义项：把事物排列、摆放整齐（动词）。

• range 本词

  Range means to arrange things in a line or row, often used passively ('be ranged along/around'); it is fairly formal and simply describes an orderly line, with no sense of impressive display.

  range 表示把事物排成一行或一排，常用被动语态“be ranged along/around”；这个用法比较正式，只是单纯描述整齐的一排，并不带有隆重展示的意味。

  Antique clocks were ranged along the shelf, each one wound and ticking.

  古董钟被排成一排摆在架子上，每一个都上了发条，滴答作响。

• array

  Array means to arrange or display things in a particular, often elaborate or impressive order; it is commonly used passively ('be arrayed in/with') and suggests a grand, eye-catching display, as in a ceremony or exhibition.

  array 表示把事物按特定顺序排列或展示出来，往往带有隆重、壮观或引人注目的意味；常用被动语态“be arrayed in/with”，多用于仪式、展览等场合。

  Medals and trophies were arrayed across the table for the awards ceremony.

  奖牌和奖杯在颁奖典礼上整齐地陈列在桌子上。

Range and array both mean to arrange things in order. Range means lining things up in a row, fairly formal, often passive. Array means arranging things in an impressive way, as for a ceremony. Other meanings, like 'mountain range' or 'computer array', are not compared.

这两个词在“排列摆放”这个动作上意思相近，但语气和典型场景不同：range 强调排成一排、一列，用法较正式，常用被动语态；array 强调有序地展示或陈列，常带有隆重、壮观、引人注目的意味，也常用被动语态。这里不比较 range 表示“（数值等）在某范围内变化”或名词“一系列”“山脉”“射击场”的用法，也不比较 array 表示名词“一系列”“阵列（计算机）”以及“盛装打扮”的用法。