sprawl
英 [sprɔːl]
美 [sprɑːl]
- 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
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记忆方法
spread 伸展 + crawl 爬行→伸展手脚地爬，卧着
2. perhaps the word influenced or related with spread and crawl.
3. -awl, -rawl 表示那种爬行、拖动、拖行、蔓延、延伸这类含义：crawl, drawl, sprawl, trawl, scrawl.
2. perhaps the word influenced or related with spread and crawl.
3. -awl, -rawl 表示那种爬行、拖动、拖行、蔓延、延伸这类含义：crawl, drawl, sprawl, trawl, scrawl.
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。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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.
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