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　

GRE

BNC.14271 / COCA.7539

牛津词典

adj.

• 蔓延的；杂乱无序伸展的
  spreading in an untidy way
  1. a modern sprawling town
     一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. The sprawling city contained some 4m people.
     这个不断扩张的城市容纳了约 400 万人口。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• VERB 肆意扩展;杂乱无章地延伸
  If somethingsprawls, its structure is disorganized or it lacks direction.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
  Synonym:sprawl

adj

• spreading out in different directions
  1. sprawling handwriting
  2. straggling branches
  3. straggly hair
  Synonym:stragglingramblingstraggly

双语例句

• For me, that silence is the great subject-and central problem-of fraser's sprawling work.
  对我而言，沉默是弗雷泽天巨著中一个重大的主题，也是个中心问题。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Middle-class housing developments are sprawling north of the city with little evident planning.
  中产阶层住宅开发项目不断向城市北部蔓延，几乎毫无计划可言。
• The sprawling city contained some 4m people.
  这个不断扩张的城市容纳了约400万人口。
• Toy companies and running shoe makers built their sprawling factories there, and workers migrated to the new city.
  玩具企业和跑步鞋制造商将大型工厂设在那里，工人也纷纷迁移到这个新城市。
• 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。
• 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。