sprawl是什么意思_sprawl怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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.

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;

权威造句

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。

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。

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。

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。

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.

近反义词

urban sprawl 城区的无计划扩张...

sprawl with under-arm lock 握臂穿腿

sprawl one"s last 作临死挣扎

相似短语

urban sprawl 城市扩张(指市区失去控制地向郊区延伸)

单词分析

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记忆方法

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.

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