sprawl

英[sprɔːl] 美[sprɔl]
  • 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

词态变化


复数: sprawls;第三人称单数: sprawls;过去式: sprawled;过去分词: sprawled;现在分词: sprawling;

助记提示


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.

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。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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.

来自《简明英汉词典》