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

verb | noun

sprawlsprawl1 /sprɔl/ ●○○ verb [intransitive always + adv./prep.]

ETYMOLOGYsprawl¹

Origin: Old English spreawlian

VERB TABLE

sprawl

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sprawl
	he, she, it	sprawls
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sprawled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sprawled
	he, she, it	has sprawled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sprawled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sprawl
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sprawled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sprawling
	he, she, it	is sprawling
	you, we, they	are sprawling
Past	I, he, she, it	was sprawling
	you, we, they	were sprawling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sprawling
	he, she, it	has been sprawling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sprawling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sprawling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sprawling

1 (also sprawl out) to lie or sit with your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way: sprawl in/on etc. She sprawled out lazily on the bed.2if buildings or a town sprawl, they spread out over a wide area in a messy and unattractive way: The suburbs sprawl outward from the city center.3send somebody sprawling to hit or push someone so that he or she falls over in an uncontrolled way

verb | noun

sprawlsprawl2 noun [uncountable]

COLLOCATIONS► urban sprawl

More freeways will just mean more urban sprawl.

1a large area of buildings that are spread out in a messy and unattractive way: More freeways will just mean more urban sprawl.2[singular] a position in which you have your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way