sprawl
英 [sprɔːl]
美 [sprɔl]
- vi. 蔓延；伸開手足躺；無計劃地擴展
- vt. 懶散地伸開；使蔓生
- n. 蔓生；伸開手足躺臥姿勢
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、拖行、蔓延、延伸這類含義：crawl, drawl, sprawl, trawl, scrawl.
中文詞源
sprawl 展開，蔓延，雜亂的擴張可能最終來自 PIE*sper,播灑，散播，展開，詞源同 spark,spread.引申詞義蔓延，雜亂的擴張。 拚寫受 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 sprælle) 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上，胳膊搭在後麵。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people.
- 安卡拉整個肆意擴展的城區容納了260多萬人口。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed.
- 他會吃兩片阿司匹林，然後攤開手腳躺在床上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I found a refreshing absence of industrial sprawl.
- 我發現了一處全無雜亂工業區蹤影的、令人心曠神怡的地方.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》