sprawl 基本解释
- vi. 蔓延；伸开手足躺；无计划地扩展
- vt. 懒散地伸开；使蔓生
- n. 蔓生；伸开手足躺卧姿势
sprawl 词态变化
复数: sprawls;第三人称单数: sprawls;过去式: sprawled;过去分词: sprawled;现在分词: sprawling;
sprawl 中文词源
sprawl 展开，蔓延，杂乱的扩张可能最终来自 PIE*sper,播洒，散播，展开，词源同 spark,spread.引申词义蔓延，杂乱的扩张。 拼写受 crawl 影响。
sprawl 英文词源
- 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.
sprawl 英文释义
- 1. an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
sprawl 双语例句
- 1. Recline & Sprawl is an amusingly named furniture shop in London.
- Recline&Sprawl是伦敦一家店名有趣的家具店。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They sprawl at ease across the sofa, arms draped over the back.
- 他们惬意地躺在沙发上，胳膊搭在后面。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed.
- 他会吃两片阿司匹林，然后摊开手脚躺在床上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I found a refreshing absence of industrial sprawl.
- 我发现了一处全无杂乱工业区踪影的、令人心旷神怡的地方.
来自《简明英汉词典》
sprawl 实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- I tripped and went sprawling .
- 我绊了一下，摔了个四脚朝天。
牛津词典
- The town sprawled along the side of the lake.
- 小镇顺着湖的边缘扩展。
牛津词典
- 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
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They sprawled in lawn chairs, snoozing...
- 他们手脚张开地躺在草地躺椅上，打着呼噜。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Planners throughout the 20 th century have advocated containment of urban sprawl through a variety of means.
- 整个20世纪,城市规划者都在致力于通过各种手段来遏制城市空间向四周的蔓延.
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- In the increasing sprawl of this virtual jungle there must be an evolution.
- 随着网络的不断发展,肯定会出现优胜劣汰.
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- The marsupial has been in decline for decades due to urban sprawl from car accidentsdog attacks.
- 这种有袋动物其数量在过去几十年间逐渐减少,主要原因是城市的扩张、车祸和狗的袭击.
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- He lay there in a sprawl.
- 他四肢伸开躺在那里.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Other changes suggest that it may be sprawl, not the city, that is doomed.
- 其他的变化则预示了, 正走向终点的不是城市, 而是恰恰是城市的蔓延趋势.
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- 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.
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- Far from the sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling its way about 1,000 miles a day?
- 是要远离那钢筋水泥,逐日疯长的土地?
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- In the absence of any different policy city development has taken the form of sprawl.
- 在不受其它政策干预的情况下,美国的城市是以向四方八面扩展的形式发展的.
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- Corporate sprawl distracts managers, diverts resources and muddies valuations.
- 公司扩张吸引管理层, 转移资源和扰乱估价.
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- The whole layout provides a totally new alternative between high density and'urban sprawl '.
- 整个布局为高密度和 “ 城市扩张”提供了新的选择机会.
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- I like to sprawl out in a big bed.
- 我喜欢四肢全伸开松散地躺在大床上.
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- The tree's dark twisted branches sprawl in unpruned abandon.
- 苹果树乌黑、虬曲的枝条因未经修剪而恣意蔓生.
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- He lay in a sprawl over the desk.
- 他手脚摊开趴在书桌上.
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- New development and urban sprawl now surround it.
- 新发展和城市延伸正在围绕着那里.
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- Beaumont , Constance E . How Superstore Sprawl Can Harm Communities . National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1994.
- 着, 超级商场的扩张如何危害社区, 国立史迹保存信托机构, 1994年.
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- His legs sprawl out in V while he was watching TV.
- 他看电视时双腿呈V字形伸开.
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