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，我们将来就会遇到大麻烦。
  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

• 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。
• He saw a black sprawling prison full of tiny black cells in which people live.
  他看见一座不成格局的黑色监狱，许许多多黑色小牢房里都住着人。
• Because a diary allows writers to impose a coherent narrative on messy, sprawling, upsetting life.
  因为日记能让写日记的人对繁杂、散乱和令人苦恼的生活进行连贯性叙述。
• 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。
• I loved the vigorous, sprawling city.
  我喜欢那个充满热情，放纵的城市。
• Visitors from Berlin and from around the world are crammed into the sprawling Messe Berlin, where the gadget expo is taking place.
  从柏林游客和来自世界各地的人挤在了广阔的展览柏林，那里的小工具博览会正在发生。
• Old China and the Olympic Games will meet in this sprawling city on the Yellow Sea.
  旧中国和奥运会将在黄海之滨这座日益壮大的城市里相遇。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。