sprawl
- vi.蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;伸开四肢坐(或躺)
- n.蔓延;随意扩展;(城市)杂乱无序拓展的地区;蔓延物
复数： sprawls 过去式： sprawled 现在分词： sprawling 过去分词： sprawled 第三人称单数： sprawls
sprawlverb
伸开四肢坐（或躺）
to sit or lie with your arms and legs spread out in a relaxed or awkward way
He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV.
他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
Something hit her and sent her sprawling to the ground.
不知什么东西击中了她，把她打趴在地上。
I tripped and went sprawling .
我绊了一下，摔了个四脚朝天。
蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展
to spread in an untidy way; to cover a large area
The town sprawled along the side of the lake.
小镇顺着湖的边缘扩展。
noun
（城市）杂乱无序拓展的地区
a large area covered with buildings that spreads from the city into the countryside in an ugly way
attempts to control the fast-growing urban sprawl
为控制城市过快过乱的拓展所作的努力
随意扩展；蔓延；蔓延物
an act of spreading to cover a large area in an untidy way; sth that spreads like this
sprawl
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VERB (懒洋洋地)伸开四肢坐着(或躺着)
If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way.She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up...
他离开她后她就摊手摊脚地躺在床上，甚至都懒得往身上盖点儿东西。
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VERB 扩展;延伸
If you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land.The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres on the southern tip of Key Biscayne...
州立休闲区在比斯坎岛南端，占地 900 多英亩。
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N-UNCOUNT (城市的)杂乱无章地扩展的地区
You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way.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。
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VERB 肆意扩展;杂乱无章地延伸
If something sprawls, its structure is disorganized or it lacks direction.Boylan plays with language, letting the prose sprawl about before tightening it suddenly to great effect...
博伊兰随心所欲地驾驭着语言，先是任文章自由铺展，然后猛地收住，产生了绝好的效果。
noun
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- an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
- Synonym: sprawling
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- an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
- Synonym: conurbation urban sprawl
verb
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- sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
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- go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
- Branches straggling out quite far
- Synonym: straggle
数据来源：WordNet
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Progress of Sustainable Development Research Against Urban Sprawl and Its Inspirations to China
抑制城市蔓延的可持续发展路径及对中国的启示
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E City SPREAD An Important Problem : Urban Sprawl
值得重视的城市蔓延问题
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Something hit her and sent her sprawling to the ground .
不知什么东西击中了她，把她打趴在地上。
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The town sprawled along the side of the lake .
小镇顺着湖的边缘扩展。
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He was lying sprawled in an armchair , watching TV .
他四肢伸开正懒散地靠在扶手椅上看电视。
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He was sprawled full-length across the bed .
他手脚摊开横躺在床上。
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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。
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She hit the last barrier and sprawled across the track .
她撞上了最后一个跨栏，整个人趴在了跑道上。
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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。
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The sprawling city contained some 4m people .
这个不断扩张的城市容纳了约400万人口。
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The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart .
这座城市无计划地向外扩展着，成为一个中心缺失的庞然大物。
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She sprawled on the bed as he had left her , not even moving to cover herself up
他离开她后她就摊手摊脚地躺在床上，甚至都懒得往身上盖点儿东西。
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He keeps forgetting the words and the song is a sprawling mess .
他老是忘词，歌被唱得乱七八糟。
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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。
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Boylan plays with language , letting the prose sprawl about before tightening it suddenly to great effect
博伊兰随心所欲地驾驭着语言，先是任文章自由铺展，然后猛地收住，产生了绝好的效果。
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He locked his knee against the man 's inner thigh and sent him sprawling to the ground .
他用膝盖抵住那个人的大腿内侧，将他按趴在地上。
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The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres on the southern tip of Key Biscayne
州立休闲区在比斯坎岛南端，占地900多英亩。
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People are sprawled on makeshift beds in the cafeteria
人们懒散地躺在食堂里搭起的临时床铺上。
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The beautifully landscaped gardens sprawl with lush vegetation .
一个个花园打扮得煞是好看，到处是绿茵茵的植被。
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The immaculately tended gardens are an oasis in the midst of Cairo 's urban sprawl .
在开罗不断扩张的都市版图内，这些被悉心照料的花园成了一片世外桃源。
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Rolando lay sprawled on his stomach , snoring .
罗兰多趴着睡着了，四肢摊开，打着呼噜。
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They sprawled in lawn chairs , snoozing
他们手脚张开地躺在草地躺椅上，打着呼噜。
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The child sleeps sprawled all over the bed .
这孩子睡相不好。
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The way seemed interminable , and the streets like the black web of some sprawling spider .
路仿佛没有尽头，街道就像触足伸开的蜘蛛编织成的黑网。
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Massive rubbish dumps and sprawling landfills constitute one of the more uncomfortable impacts that humans have on wildlife .
大量的垃圾堆和四处蔓延的垃圾填埋场是人类对野生动物造成的更为不良的影响之一。
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Burke was asleep , sprawled obliviously against the window .
伯克无意识地摊开四肢靠着窗户睡着了
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Explanation : Our magnificent Milky Way Galaxy sprawls across this ambitious all-sky panorama .
说明：我们宏伟的银河系蜿蜒穿过这幅高企图心之全天影像
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He was sprawling languorously on the sofa .
他疲倦地平躺在沙发上
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A sprawling industry has developed to help Chinese get money out .
在帮助中国人将资金转移到海外这个问题上，已经形成了一个庞大的产业。
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A Case Study of Efficiency of Land Sprawl in Small Towns
小城镇用地扩张效率案例研究
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