sprawl
英 [spr??l]
美[spr?l]
- vi. 蔓延；伸開(kāi)手足躺；無(wú)計(jì)劃地?cái)U(kuò)展
- vt. 懶散地伸開(kāi)；使蔓生
- n. 蔓生；伸開(kāi)手足躺臥姿勢(shì)
CET6+TEM8IELTSGRETOEFL低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?sprawls;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?sprawls;過(guò)去式:?sprawled;過(guò)去分詞:?sprawled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?sprawling;
助記提示
spread 伸展 + crawl 爬行→伸展手腳地爬，臥著
2. perhaps the word influenced or related with spread and crawl.
3. -awl, -rawl 表示那種爬行、拖動(dòng)、拖行、蔓延、延伸這類(lèi)含義：crawl, drawl, sprawl, trawl, scrawl.
2. perhaps the word influenced or related with spread and crawl.
3. -awl, -rawl 表示那種爬行、拖動(dòng)、拖行、蔓延、延伸這類(lèi)含義：crawl, drawl, sprawl, trawl, scrawl.
中文詞源
sprawl 展開(kāi)，蔓延，雜亂的擴(kuò)張
可能最終來(lái)自 PIE*sper,播灑，散播，展開(kāi)，詞源同 spark,spread.引申詞義蔓延，雜亂的擴(kuò)張。 拼寫(xiě)受 crawl 影響。
英文詞源
- sprawl (v.)
- Old English spreawlian "move convulsively," with cognates in the Scandinavian languages (such as Norwegian sprala, Danish spr?lle) 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Recline & Sprawl is an amusingly named furniture shop in London.
- Recline&Sprawl是倫敦一家店名有趣的家具店。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. They sprawl at ease across the sofa, arms draped over the back.
- 他們愜意地躺在沙發(fā)上，胳膊搭在后面。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people.
- 安卡拉整個(gè)肆意擴(kuò)展的城區(qū)容納了260多萬(wàn)人口。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed.
- 他會(huì)吃?xún)善⑺酒チ?，然后攤開(kāi)手腳躺在床上。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. I found a refreshing absence of industrial sprawl.
- 我發(fā)現(xiàn)了一處全無(wú)雜亂工業(yè)區(qū)蹤影的、令人心曠神怡的地方.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》