sprawl

英 [sprɔːl] 美 [sprɔl]

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※ 提供单词"sprawl"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

sprawl 展开，蔓延，杂乱的扩张

可能最终来自 PIE*sper,播洒，散播，展开，词源同 spark,spread.引申词义蔓延，杂乱的扩张。拼写受 crawl 影响。

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.

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1. Recline & Sprawl is an amusingly named furniture shop in London.: Recline&Sprawl是伦敦一家店名有趣的家具店。

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. 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。

5. I found a refreshing absence of industrial sprawl.: 我发现了一处全无杂乱工业区踪影的、令人心旷神怡的地方.