sprawl是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)urban sprawl城市扩张；城市蔓延；都市蔓延

(2)ill-thought-out sprawl无计划延伸；没有周密计划的延伸

双语例句

(1)He was sprawling in the couch.

他四肢张开地躺在沙发上。

(2)The city sprawled along the river for several kilometers.

这座城市沿着这条河绵延数公里。

(3)The urban sprawl has aroused the dissatisfaction of the people in the small town.

城市的无序扩张引起了小镇人民的不满。

(4)The foundation is very evenly sprawled out.

粉底非常均匀地延展出去

(5)It's a queen. We had a double before, but he likes to sprawl out.

大号双人床。我们之前的是标准双人床，但我老公喜欢摊开睡。

(6)People sprawl in deck chairs or sit under umbrellas.

人们四肢舒展地躺在沙滩椅上，或坐在遮阳伞下。

(7)He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed.

他会吃两片阿斯匹林，然后摊开四肢躺在床上。

(8)The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6 million people.

整个安卡拉城区总共容纳了260万以上的人口。

(9)The immaculately tended gardens are an oasis in the midst of Cairo's urban sprawl.

那些打理得非常整洁的花园是杂乱扩张的开罗市区中的一片绿洲。

(10)Another issue is urban sprawl.

另一个问题就是城市的扩张。

同义词

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

释义

v.

sit, lie, or fall with one's arms and legs spread out in an ungainly way

手脚摊开地坐（或躺、倒下）

the door shot open, sending him sprawling across the pavement

门猛地打开，他被摔了出来，四肢朝天倒在人行道上

she lay sprawled on the bed.

她伸展开四肢躺在床上。

spread out over a large area in an untidy or irregular way

（混乱或无条理地）大面积铺开

the town sprawled along several miles of cliff top

城镇沿山崖顶不规则地延伸了好几英里

[as adj. sprawling]the sprawling suburbs.

　无序扩展的郊区。

n.

an ungainly or carelessly relaxed position in which one's arms and legs are spread out

四肢摊开的姿势

she fell into a sort of luxurious sprawl.

　她伸展四肢，舒适地躺着。

a group or mass of something that has spread out in an untidy or irregular way

无序扩展，杂乱（或无规则）的扩展

a sprawl of buildings.

杂乱无章的建筑群。

[mass noun]the expansion of an urban or industrial area into the adjoining countryside in a way perceived to be disorganized and unattractive

（市区或工业区向周边郊区的）无组织无计划扩展

the growth of urban sprawl.

　市区杂乱无序的扩展。

词源

"Old English spreawlian ‘move the limbs convulsively'; related to Danish spræ lle ‘kick or splash about'. The noun dates from the early 18th cent."

考纲分布

近9年出现1次

重要程度: 3星

200%; v 杂乱无序地拓展

0%; v 伸开四肢坐(或躺)

0%; v/n 蔓延

0%; n 杂乱无序拓展的地区

0%; n 随意扩展

考纲释义

( 1)v. 杂乱无序地拓展

真题例句：

Massive rubbish dumps and sprawling landfills constitute one of the more uncomfortable impacts that humans have on wildlife.

大量的垃圾场和不断扩张的垃圾填埋场是人类对野生动物造成的最令人不安的影响之一。[2017年 CET6 阅读理解C]

( 2)v. 伸开四肢坐(或躺)

( 3)v/n. 蔓延

( 4)n. 杂乱无序拓展的地区

( 5)n. 随意扩展