sprawl

英 [sprɔːl]

美 [sprɔːl]

v.  伸开四肢坐(或躺); 蔓延; 杂乱无序地拓展
n.  (城市)杂乱无序拓展的地区; 随意扩展; 蔓延; 蔓延物

过去式：sprawled　过去分词：sprawled　现在分词：sprawling　第三人称单数：sprawls　复数：sprawls　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12278 / COCA.9269

短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• 伸开四肢坐（或躺）
  to sit or lie with your arms and legs spread out in a relaxed or awkward way
  1. He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV.
     他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
  2. Something hit her and sent her sprawling to the ground.
     不知什么东西击中了她，把她打趴在地上。
  3. I tripped and went sprawling .
     我绊了一下，摔了个四脚朝天。
• 蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展
  to spread in an untidy way; to cover a large area
  1. The town sprawled along the side of the lake.
     小镇顺着湖的边缘扩展。

noun

• （城市）杂乱无序拓展的地区
  a large area covered with buildings that spreads from the city into the countryside in an ugly way
  1. attempts to control the fast-growing urban sprawl
     为控制城市过快过乱的拓展所作的努力
• 随意扩展；蔓延；蔓延物
  an act of spreading to cover a large area in an untidy way; sth that spreads like this

柯林斯词典

• See also:She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up...They sprawled in lawn chairs, snoozing...He locked his knee against the man's inner thigh and sent him sprawling to the ground.sprawled
• VERB 扩展;延伸
  If you say that a placesprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land.
  1. The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres on the southern tip of Key Biscayne...
     州立休闲区在比斯坎岛南端，占地 900 多英亩。
  2. If we continue to sprawl across the land, we're in for a terrible future...
     如果继续扩展地盘的话，我们将来就会遇到大麻烦。
  3. The sprawling city contained some 4m people.
     这个不断扩张的城市容纳了约 400 万人口。
• N-UNCOUNT (城市的)杂乱无章地扩展的地区
  You can usesprawlto refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way.
  1. The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people.
     安卡拉整个肆意扩展的城区容纳了 260 多万人口。
• VERB 肆意扩展;杂乱无章地延伸
  If somethingsprawls, its structure is disorganized or it lacks direction.
  1. Boylan plays with language, letting the prose sprawl about before tightening it suddenly to great effect...
     博伊兰随心所欲地驾驭着语言，先是任文章自由铺展，然后猛地收住，产生了绝好的效果。
  2. He keeps forgetting the words and the song is a sprawling mess.
     他老是忘词，歌被唱得乱七八糟。

英英释义

noun

• an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
  Synonym:sprawling
• an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
  Synonym:conurbationurban sprawl

verb

• sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
• go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
  1. Branches straggling out quite far
  Synonym:straggle

双语例句

• Their only connection is the ever-changing, diverse urban sprawl that is Beijing.
  他们三人之间的唯一联系就是北京这座变幻莫测的发展中城市。
• For many in Beijing, commutes are already difficult, as passengers negotiate the capital's urban sprawl.
  对于很多身在北京的人来说，城市的扩张本来就已使通勤变得困难。
• If we continue to sprawl across the land, we're in for a terrible future
  如果继续扩展地盘的话，我们将来就会遇到大麻烦。
• Equally striking is the new urban sprawl-and the spread of slums.
  另一个同样引人注目的便是新的都市化进程，与贫民窟的扩张。
• The immaculately tended gardens are an oasis in the midst of Cairo's urban sprawl.
  在开罗不断扩张的都市版图内，这些被悉心照料的花园成了一片世外桃源。
• Finding your way about Cairo's vast sprawl is not as difficult as it may seem.
  寻找你对开罗的巨大张力的方式是并是像看起来那么困难。
• Urban sprawl, housing and land use: To what extent have cities in Hainan grown in terms of economy, population, and land use?
  城市扩张，住房和土地使用：海南在城市经济，人口和土地用途上发展到何种程度？
• He locked his knee against the man's inner thigh and sent him sprawling to the ground.
  他用膝盖抵住那个人的大腿内侧，将他按趴在地上。
• Another issue is urban sprawl.
  另一个问题就是城市的扩张。
• The beautifully landscaped gardens sprawl with lush vegetation.
  一个个花园打扮得煞是好看，到处是绿茵茵的植被。