sprawl
verb
disapprovinguk/sprɔːl/us/sprɑːl/sprawlverb(BODY)
[I]
tospreadthearmsandlegsoutcarelesslyanduntidilywhilesittingorlyingdown:
（懒散地）摊开四肢坐（或躺）Iknockedinto her in thecorridorandsenther sprawling(=knockedher over).我在走廊里和她迎头相撞，把她撞了个四脚朝天。
Reclining
- crowd-surfing
- fallen
- fetal position
- foetal position
- full-length
- lay
- lean
- lounge around (something)
- prone
- prone positioning
- proning
- prostrate
- prostration
- sink
- sink intosomething
- sit back
- sprawled
- spreadeagled
- stretch
- stretch(yourself)out
sprawlverb(CITY)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
(especiallyof acity) tocoveralargeareaoflandwithbuildings,especiallygraduallyover aperiodoftime:
Therefugeecampssprawlacrossthelandscape.眼前杂乱地散落着许多难民营。
Spreading and scattering
- all over the placeidiom
- bedaub
- bell
- bestrew
- billow
- diffuse
- dispersion
- dusting
- encroach on/uponsomething
- fan out
- go around
- go/do the roundsidiom
- radial
- smudge
- smudging
- smudgy
- spatter
- spattered
- sprinkle
- sweep
sprawl
noun
disapprovinguk/sprɔːl/us/sprɑːl/sprawlnoun(BODY)
[U]
apositionwith thearmsandlegsspreadoutcarelesslyanduntidilywhilesittingorlyingdown
（懒散地）摊开四肢坐（或躺）Reclining
- crowd-surfing
- fallen
- fetal position
- foetal position
- full-length
- lay
- lean
- lounge around (something)
- prone
- prone positioning
- proning
- prostrate
- prostration
- sink
- sink intosomething
- sit back
- sprawled
- spreadeagled
- stretch
- stretch(yourself)out
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Not holding the body upright
sprawlnoun(CITY)
[Cusually singular]
alargeareaoflandcoveredwithbuildings,especiallyonesthat have beenaddedgraduallyover aperiodoftime:
theurbansprawl ofSouthFlorida佛罗里达州南部杂乱无序的城市扩展
Spreading and scattering
- all over the placeidiom
- bedaub
- bell
- bestrew
- billow
- diffuse
- dispersion
- dusting
- encroach on/uponsomething
- fan out
- go around
- go/do the roundsidiom
- radial
- smudge
- smudging
- smudgy
- spatter
- spattered
- sprinkle
- sweep