spread
- v.传播;（使）蔓延，扩散，散开;展开;使分散;延伸;涂;张开;打开;使散开;摊开;伸开;分（若干次）进行
- n.传播;蔓延;扩展;散布;区域;广泛;宽度;文章，广告;差额，差幅;多样;涉及区域;抹在面包上的东西
- adj.大幅的;广大的
复数： spreads 过去式： spread 现在分词： spreading 过去分词： spread 第三人称单数： spreads
spreadverb
展开；铺开 open/arrange
展开；打开
to open sth that has been folded so that it covers a larger area than before
to spread a cloth on a table
在桌上铺桌布
Sue spread the map out on the floor.
休在地板上摊开地图。
The bird spread its wings.
鸟展开翅膀。
摊开；使散开
to arrange objects so that they cover a large area and can be seen easily
Papers had been spread out on the desk.
各种报纸摊在书桌上。
双臂；双腿 arms/legs
张开；伸开
to move your arms, legs, fingers, etc. far apart from each other
She spread her arms and the child ran towards her.
她张开双臂，孩子向她跑来。
在人们中间 among people
传播；散布；（使）流传
to affect or make sth affect, be known by, or used by more and more people
The disease spreads easily.
这种疾病容易传播。
Within weeks, his confidence had spread throughout the team.
短短几个星期，他的信心感染了全体队员。
Use of computers spread rapidly during that period.
在那个时期，计算机的应用迅速流传开来。
to spread rumours/lies about sb
散布关于某人的谣言 / 谎言
The disease is spread by mosquitoes.
这种疾病通过蚊子传播。
覆盖大面积 cover large area
（使）蔓延，扩散，散开
to cover, or to make sth cover, a larger and larger area
The fire rapidly spread to adjoining buildings.
大火迅速蔓延到了邻近的建筑物。
Water began to spread across the floor.
水开始漫过地板。
A smile spread slowly across her face.
微笑慢慢在她脸上绽开。
Using too much water could spread the stain.
用水太多可能使污迹扩散。
使分散；使分布
to cause sb/sth to be in a number of different places
Seeds and pollen are spread by the wind.
种子和花粉是随风传播的。
We have 10 000 members spread all over the country.
我们有1万名成员分布在全国各地。
延伸；伸展；扩张
to cover a large area
The valley spread out beneath us.
山谷在我们下方延伸。
稀软的层面 soft layer
涂；敷
to put a layer of a substance onto the surface of sth; to be able to be put onto a surface
to spread butter on pieces of toast
在烤面包片上抹黄油
pieces of toast spread with butter
抹了黄油的烤面包片
If the paint is too thick, it will not spread evenly.
油漆如果太稠就涂不均匀。
划分；分摊 divide/share
分（若干次）进行；由（若干人）分摊
to separate sth into parts and divide them between different times or different people
A series of five interviews will be spread over two days.
一共五次面谈，分两天进行。
Why not pay monthly and spread the cost of your car insurance?
你为什么不把汽车保险费按月分期支付呢？
We attempted to spread the workload between the departments.
我们试图把工作分摊给各部门。
to become known by more and more people very quickly
to consider a wide range of possibilities or cover a large area, especially to try to find sb/sth
他们撒开网四处物色新的运动队教练。
They have spread their net far and wide in the search for a new team coach.
to become more independent and confident and try new activities, etc.
to tell people about sth
to try to do so many different things at the same time that you do not do any of them well
noun
扩大 increase
传播；散布；扩展；蔓延
an increase in the amount or number of sth that there is, or in the area that is affected by sth
to prevent the spread of disease
防止疾病的传播
to encourage the spread of information
促进信息的传播
the spread of a city into the surrounding areas
城市向周边地区的扩展
广泛；多样 range/variety
广泛；多样
a range or variety of people or things
a broad spread of opinions
各种各样的意见
面包 on bread
抹在面包上的东西
a soft food that you put on bread
Use a low-fat spread instead of butter.
不要抹黄油，抹点低脂肪的东西吧。
cheese spread
奶酪酱
所占区域 area covered
涉及区域；活动范围
the area that sth exists in or happens in
The company has a good geographical spread of hotels in this country.
该公司在这个国家开设的饭店地理分布相当广。
宽度；面积；翼展
how wide sth is or the area that sth covers
The bird's wings have a spread of nearly a metre.
这只鸟翼展近一米。
报刊 in newspaper/magazine
（尤指横贯两版的）文章，广告
an article or advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, especially one that covers two opposite pages
The story continued with a double-page spread on the inside pages.
这篇报道在报纸的内页有横贯两版的后续部分。
餐食 meal
丰盛的餐食
a large meal, especially one that is prepared for a special occasion
They had laid on a huge spread for the party.
他们为聚会安排了丰盛的食物。
陆地；水域 of land/water
区域；一大片
an area of land or water
a vast spread of water
浩瀚的水域
They have a huge spread in California (= a large farm or ranch ) .
他们在加利福尼亚拥有大片的土地。
金融 finance
（两种价格或比率的）差额，差幅
the difference between two rates or prices
床 on bed
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VERB 摊开;铺开
If you spread something somewhere, you open it out or arrange it over a place or surface, so that all of it can be seen or used easily.She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it...
她在沙滩上铺了一条毛巾，躺在上面。
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VERB 伸出，张开,叉开(手臂、双手、手指、双腿等)
If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart.Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching...
坐在地板上，在不要拉伤的前提下将双腿尽量分开。
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VERB 涂;抹;敷
If you spread a substance on a surface or spread the surface with the substance, you put a thin layer of the substance over the surface.Spread the mixture in the cake tin and bake for 30 minutes...
将混合物抹在蛋糕烤盘里，烘烤 30 分钟。
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N-MASS 涂抹在面包上的酱
Spread is a soft food which is put on bread....a wholemeal salad roll with low fat spread.
涂有低脂酱的全麦色拉面包卷
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V-ERG (使)传播;(使)散布;(使)扩散
If something spreads or is spread by people, it gradually reaches or affects a larger and larger area or more and more people.The industrial revolution which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe is now spreading across the world.
两百多年前始于欧洲的工业革命目前正在向全世界传播。
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V-ERG (使)扩散;(使)散开;(使)蔓延
If something such as a liquid, gas, or smoke spreads or is spread, it moves outwards in all directions so that it covers a larger area.Fire spread rapidly after a chemical truck exploded...
一辆装有化学品的卡车爆炸后，火势迅速蔓延。
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VERB 将…分散(在一段时间内);分期做
If you spread something over a period of time, it takes place regularly or continuously over that period, rather than happening at one time.There seems to be little difference whether you eat all your calorie allowance in one go, or spread it over the day...
不管你是一次性摄入全天的卡路里限量，还是在一天内分次摄入，结果好像没有多大差别。
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VERB 分摊;均摊
If you spread something such as wealth or work, you distribute it evenly or equally....policies that spread the state's wealth more evenly...
更加平均地分配国家财富的政策
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N-SING (想法、兴趣等的)广泛，多样
A spread of ideas, interests, or other things is a wide variety of them.A topic-based approach can be hard to assess in primary schools with a typical spread of ability...
因为学生的能力通常差异很大，基于话题的教学方法在小学里评估起来可能很难。
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N-COUNT (尤指为某一特殊场合准备的)丰盛饭菜，盛宴
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N-COUNT (书籍、杂志、报纸中)横贯两版的篇幅
A spread is two pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are opposite each other when you open it at a particular place.There was a double-page spread of a dinner for 46 people.
有一张横贯两版的、由 46 人参加的宴席的照片。
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N-SING (股票的)价差
Spread is used to refer to the difference between the price that a seller wants someone to pay for a particular stock or share and the price that the buyer is willing to pay.Market makers earn their livings from the spread between buying and selling prices.
做市商靠赚取买卖价差生存。
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to spread your wings→ see:wing
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- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- Synonym: spreading
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- decorative cover for a bed
- Synonym: bedspread bedcover bed cover bed covering counterpane
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- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- Synonym: ranch cattle ranch cattle farm
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- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- gap between income and outgo
- the spread between lending and borrowing costs
- Synonym: gap
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- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- Synonym: scatter
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- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread
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- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- Synonym: spread head spreadhead facing pages
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- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- Synonym: spreading
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- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a banquet for the graduating seniors
- the Thanksgiving feast
- they put out quite a spread
- Synonym: banquet feast
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- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
- Synonym: paste
verb
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- cause to become widely known
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- Synonym: circulate circularize circularise distribute disseminate propagate broadcast diffuse disperse pass around
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- become widely known and passed on
- the rumor spread
- the story went around in the office
- Synonym: go around circulate
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- distribute or disperse widely
- The invaders spread their language all over the country
- Synonym: distribute
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- become distributed or widespread
- the infection spread
- Optimism spread among the population
- Synonym: propagate
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- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- open the map
- spread your arms
- Synonym: unfold spread out open
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- distribute over a surface in a layer
- spread cheese on a piece of bread
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- cover by spreading something over
- spread the bread with cheese
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- move outward
- The soldiers fanned out
- Synonym: diffuse spread out fan out
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- strew or distribute over an area
- He spread fertilizer over the lawn
- scatter cards across the table
- Synonym: scatter spread out
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- spread across or over
- A big oil spot spread across the water
- Synonym: overspread
adj
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- distributed or spread over a considerable extent
- has ties with many widely dispersed friends
- eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe
- Synonym: dispersed
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- fully extended in width
- outspread wings
- with arms spread wide
- Synonym: outspread
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- prepared or arranged for a meal;especially having food set out
- a table spread with food
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We hope to slow the spread of the disease .
我们希望能够减缓疾病的传播速度。
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Seeds and pollen are spread by the wind .
种子和花粉是随风传播的。
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We have 10 000 members spread all over the country .
我们有1万名成员分布在全国各地。
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Using too much water could spread the stain .
用水太多可能使污迹扩散。
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A series of five interviews will be spread over two days .
一共五次面谈，分两天进行。
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The disease is spreading at a rapid rate .
这种疾病正在迅速蔓延。
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They took active steps to prevent the spread of the disease .
他们采取积极措施，防止疾病蔓延。
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Use of computers spread rapidly during that period .
在那个时期，计算机的应用迅速流传开来。
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His work was spread all over the floor .
他工作的材料摊了一地。
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Within weeks , his confidence had spread throughout the team .
短短几个星期，他的信心感染了全体队员。
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The company has a good geographical spread of hotels in this country .
该公司在这个国家开设的饭店地理分布相当广。
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They had laid on a huge spread for the party .
他们为聚会安排了丰盛的食物。
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Doctors are worried about the possible spread of the disease .
医生担心这疾病可能会蔓延。
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Education is the only weapon to fight the spread of the disease .
教育是战胜这一疾病蔓延的唯一手段。
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Why not pay monthly and spread the cost of your car insurance ?
你为什么不把汽车保险费按月分期支付呢？
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Aided by heat and strong winds , the fire quickly spread .
借助高温和大风，火势迅速蔓延。
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The city was spread out beneath us in all its glory .
这座城市绚丽多彩地展现在我们下方。
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She spread her arms and the child ran towards her .
她张开双臂，孩子向她跑来。
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Incidence of the disease is fairly evenly spread across Europe .
这种疾病的发生率在欧洲各地相当平均。
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Prompt action was required as the fire spread .
由于火势蔓延，须要立即采取行动。
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Modern backpacks spread the load over a wider area .
新式背包把承重量分散在更大的面积上。
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The disease is not spread by casual contact .
此病不会通过偶然接触传染。
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The news spread by word of mouth .
这消息是口头传开的。
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The cancer has spread to his stomach .
癌已扩散到他的胃部。
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Cut the cake in half horizontally and spread jam on one half .
把蛋糕横切成两半，把果酱涂在半面上。
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They have spread their net far and wide in the search for a new team coach .
他们撒开网四处物色新的运动队教练。
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Don 't spread it too thin .
不要涂得太薄。
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The flames spread to all parts of the house within minutes of ignition .
着火后只有几分钟火焰就蔓延到房子的各个部分。
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Factories were spreading outwards from the old heart of the town .
工厂从旧城中心逐渐向外扩展。
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A wave of panic spread through the crowd .
一阵恐慌传遍人群。
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