1. | [i] (+ adv./prep.) 伸开四肢坐(或躺)to sit or lie with your arms and legs spread out in a relaxed or awkward way |
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。 | |
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。 | |
I tripped and went sprawling . 我绊了一下,摔了个四脚朝天。 |
2. | [i] + adv./prep. 蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展to spread in an untidy way; to cover a large area |
The town sprawled along the side of the lake. 小镇顺着湖的边缘扩展。 |
1. | [c][ususing][u] (城市)杂乱无序拓展的地区a large area covered with buildings that spreads from the city into the countryside in an ugly way |
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 |
2. | [c][ususing] 随意扩展;蔓延;蔓延物an act of spreading to cover a large area in an untidy way; sth that spreads like this |