英语词汇“sprawl”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

sprawl

(sprôl)

v. sprawled, sprawl·ing, sprawls

v.intr.

1. To sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly.

2. To spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion: untidy tenements sprawling toward the river.

v.tr.

To cause to spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion.

1. A sprawling position or posture.

2. A usually disorderly or haphazard mass, array, or extension: a sprawl of outbuildings; urban sprawl.

[Middle English sprawlen, from Old English sprēawlian, to writhe; see sper- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

sprawler n.

单词	sprawl
释义	sprawl (sprôl) v. sprawled, sprawl·ing, sprawls v.intr. 1. To sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly. 2. To spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion: untidy tenements sprawling toward the river. v.tr. To cause to spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion. n. 1. A sprawling position or posture. 2. A usually disorderly or haphazard mass, array, or extension: a sprawl of outbuildings; urban sprawl. [Middle English sprawlen, from Old English sprēawlian, to writhe; see sper- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] sprawler n.
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