sprawling
英 [ˈsprɔːlɪŋ]
美 [ˈsprɔːlɪŋ]
adj. 蔓延的; 杂乱无序伸展的
v. 伸开四肢坐(或躺); 蔓延; 杂乱无序地拓展
sprawl的现在分词
现在分词:sprawling
BNC.14271 / COCA.7539
牛津词典
adj.
- 蔓延的;杂乱无序伸展的
spreading in an untidy way- a modern sprawling town
一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇
- a modern sprawling town
柯林斯词典
- See also:She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up...They sprawled in lawn chairs, snoozing...He locked his knee against the man's inner thigh and sent him sprawling to the ground.sprawled
- VERB 扩展;延伸
If you say that a placesprawls, 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。 - If we continue to sprawl across the land, we're in for a terrible future...
如果继续扩展地盘的话,我们将来就会遇到***烦。 - The sprawling city contained some 4m people.
这个不断扩张的城市容纳了约 400 万人口。
- The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres on the southern tip of Key Biscayne...
- N-UNCOUNT (城市的)杂乱无章地扩展的地区
You can usesprawlto 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。
- The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people.
- VERB 肆意扩展;杂乱无章地延伸
If somethingsprawls, 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。 - 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。
- Boylan plays with language, letting the prose sprawl about before tightening it suddenly to great effect...
英英释义
noun
- an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
adj
- spreading out in different directions
- sprawling handwriting
- straggling branches
- straggly hair
双语例句
- The sprawling city contained some 4m people.
这个不断扩张的城市容纳了约400万人口。 - More than 40 other people have been arrested in the sprawling police investigation.
在这场涉及面越来越广的警方调查中,还有40余人已经被捕。 - A broad entryway flanked by rosebushes led to the sprawling house of marble floors and wide windows.
一条宽敞的通道两旁种着蔷薇,通往有着大理石地板和大窗户的房子。 - A decade on, the sole superpower is not going to shuffle off its sprawling interests and commitments overnight.
十年过去了,这个唯一的超级大国不会在一夜之间洗脱其纷繁芜杂的利益和承诺。 - Officially, the elevators and escalators in New York's sprawling subway system are incredibly reliable.
据传,纽约市地铁系统散布得杂乱无章,里面的升降电梯和自动扶梯的安全系数都很低。 - The town she was now seeing was like a baby grown overnight into a busy, sprawling giant.
她眼前的城镇,就像一个婴孩一夜之间长大成为忙碌不停、匍匐行进的巨人。 - It will be come from another sector of Samsung's sprawling business empire.
它将来自三星不断蔓延的商业帝国的另一个部门。 - I tripped and went sprawling.
我绊了一下,摔了个四脚朝天。 - Doctors are struggling to contain the outbreak in a sprawling refugee camp near Congo's eastern capital of Goma.
医生正在想方设法把霍乱控制在刚果首都东部城市戈马的一大型难民营中。 - The sprawling city boasts lush parks, unique architecture, and excellent galleries.
这个开阔的城市以其葱翠的公园、独到的建筑和精美的画廊著称。