| 单词 | sprawl |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[sprɔ:l] 美[sprɔl] |
| 解释 | vi.伸开四肢坐[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; |
| 例句 | VERB (懒洋洋地)伸开四肢坐着(或躺着) If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way. 例:She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up...他离开她后她就摊手摊脚地躺在床上,甚至都懒得往身上盖点儿东西。 例:They sprawled in lawn chairs, snoozing...他们手脚张开地躺在草地躺椅上,打着呼噜。 VERB 扩展;延伸 If you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land. 例: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。 例: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。 N-UNCOUNT (城市的)杂乱无章地扩展的地区 You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way. 例: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 something sprawls, its structure is disorganized or it lacks direction. 例: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。 例: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。 |
| 变形 | third:sprawls~done:sprawled~pl:sprawls~ing:sprawling~past:sprawled~ |
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