| 单词 | sprawl |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [sprɔ:l] |
| 解释 | v. 伸展手脚而卧 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.伸展手脚而卧(to lie or sit with arms and legs spread out) 【同】 近形词：scrawl(潦草 地写)；crawl(爬)派生词: sprawling （adj. 蔓生的） 【例】 The tired boy sprawled on the grass. |
| 字源 | sprawl (v.) Old English spreawlian "move convulsively," with cognates in the Scandinavian languages (such as Norwegian sprala, Danish sprælle) and North Frisian spraweli, probably ultimately from PIE root *sper- (4) "to strew" (see sprout (v.)). Meaning "to spread out" is from c.1300. That of "to spread or stretch in a careless manner" is attested from 1540s; of things, from 1745. Related: Sprawled; sprawling. sprawl (n.) 1719, from sprawl (v.); meaning "straggling expansion of built-up districts into surrounding countryside" is from 1955. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. /n. (懒散地舒展四肢)坐、躺; 无计划的扩张 【记】源于: crawl(n /v 爬)－懒散的趴在地上－舒展四肢坐、躺 【区】scrawl(v 潦草地写) 【参】sprawling(adj 蔓生的; 无计划的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】spread伸展 + crawl 爬行→伸展手脚地爬，卧着 【相关】brawl 争吵, 骂，drawl 懒洋洋地说, 做，scrawl 乱涂, 潦草地写，trawl 拖网捕鱼 |
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