sprawling
adjective
uk/ˈsprɔː.lɪŋ/us/ˈsprɑː.lɪŋ/(of acity)coveredwithbuildingsacrossalargearea, oftenonesthat have beenaddedgraduallyover aperiodoftime:
（尤指城市建筑）杂乱无序的，散乱延伸的sprawlingsuburbs蔓延的郊区
Somewhere in this sprawlingmetropolis, there is asecretmilitarylaboratory.在这个杂乱大都市的某个角落，有一个秘密的军事实验室。
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sprawl
- Wepulledinto a sprawlingindustrialcomplex.
- The sprawlingmedicalschoolcampusis on thegroundsof aformernavalacademy.
- Shemovesinto Manuela'stinyshackin one of the city's sprawlingslums.
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