A WORD, A WORLD
sprawl
释义
- n.
- 蔓延；（城市）杂乱无序拓展的地区；随意扩展；蔓延物
- v.
- 蔓延；伸开四肢坐（或躺）；杂乱无序地拓展
- 网络
- 蔓生；爬行；城市无计划扩张
展开详细释义
v.
1.(陆地、蔓藤等)不规则地延伸,蔓延;(建筑物)无计划地延伸;向四面八方散开;不整齐,散漫
2.遍布,蔓延,回荡
3.趴,贴,懒洋洋地躺在
4.懒散(或拙笨地)伸开(手足)
5.手脚伸开(成大字形)躺[坐]着
6.使蔓生;使散漫地伸开;潦草地书写
7.(难看地)爬行
8.歪着,歪歪斜斜;不成格局
9.布置零乱
n.
1.蔓延;散乱
2.手脚伸开躺卧(的姿势)
3.〔美国〕毅力
词形变化
第三人称单数：sprawls 现在分词：sprawling 过去式：sprawled
常用短语 1 组
- urban sprawl
- 城市扩张；都市向郊区扩张的现象
在例句中理解 35 句
Where in the sprawl could I find the oddballs able to see through the glare and take advantage of the city's unmatched energy?
在这杂乱无章之地，我在哪里才找得到一个奇人可以告诉我如何看透这耀眼俗艳，汲取这城市无与伦比的能量呢？
These silvery threads stretching around the dark globe create a dramatic spider's web showing the patterns of our global sprawl.
这些银色的线围着夜色里黑暗的地球伸展，创造出一个引人注目的蜘蛛网，显示出我们全球扩张的模式。
After days of days of hard exercise and practice, my son could sprawl slowly and stand up to shamble a bit eventually!
经过日复一日的魔鬼般的磨练，儿子终于可以摇摇晃晃地走路了。
This can result in a sprawl of virtual resources that can easily get out of control if not monitored and managed effectively.
如果不有效加以监控和管理，这会使虚拟资源的扩张一发不可收拾。
Americans are choosing to abandon the suburban sprawl in favour of a more comfortable, cheaper and greener life in the city centre.
美国人现在的潮流是：放弃郊区，转向在城市中心寻找舒适，更经济和环保的生活方式。
Police crowded the spectators back to the viewing stand. Urban sprawl crowded the small farmers out of the immediate area.
警察强行把观众推回观众席。城市杂乱的扩张将农夫们挤出这个地区
Over thousands of years of civilization, the planet has been entirely enveloped by cityscapes and urban sprawl.
经过数千年的文明演变，这颗星球完全被都市和城区所覆盖。
Michael crawls through the hole and into a narrow, but extensive service corridor. Metal catwalks and pipes sprawl in all directions.
Michael爬过洞去，进入了一个狭窄的，但是空间广阔的维修通道，狭窄的通道和管道向各个方向蔓延展开。
Finally, the Keck telescope was used to confirm that these galaxies were at the same distance and part of the same galactic sprawl.
最后，用凯克望远镜来确认，这些星系距离相同，都属于同一星系扩张的一部分。
By the following afternoon more than 30 blocks had become consumed by the riot, transformed into a burning sprawl.
在那天下午，有超过30个街区被暴力活动摧毁，变成了一片燃烧的废墟。
He flew backward off the stage, smashed into the wall, and slid down it to sprawl on the floor.
他猛地朝后飞出舞台，撞在墙上，然后滑落下来，蜷缩在地板上。
Modern crocodiles crawl on their bellies because their legs sprawl out to the side.
现代鳄鱼则用肚子爬行，因为它们的腿伸展到了身体两侧。
The desire to own cars and land accompanies this idea. This property craving is currently satiated via suburban sprawl and large houses.
拥有自己的汽车和土地，这念头伴随着郊区的伸延和大房子的建造，使这种对财产的占有欲得到了充分满足。
sprawl: (AHD) Haphazard growth or extension outward, especially that resulting from real estate development on the outskirts of a city.
无计划发展：偶尔增长或向四周扩展，特别是由城市郊区房地产的发展而形成。
As they do so, they may turn decentralised sprawl into quilts of energetic suburbs with a community feeling.
当他们移民后，可能会慢慢将分散蔓延的居民聚集成为充满活力和社区氛围的城郊生活带。
Today's technologist needs to be flexible-oftentimes, we find ourselves away from the urban sprawl that affords us our wares!
今天的技术专家应该更灵活变通一些，因为我们时常发现自己与那个提供物资的繁华城市相隔千里！
From the top, Athens' urban sprawl stretches out in every direction.
雅典城区从山顶向四面八方延伸。
If the galaxies within a cluster are the urban cores of the megacity , this gas is the suburban sprawl.
假如星系团内的星系是大都会的城市核心，这气体便是散漫无章的延伸郊区。
Outside of the sprawl, and a narrow equatorial band of starports, much of Ord Mantell remains very rural and low tech.
而在这个城市带和赤道附近的狭窄地带中的一系列太空港外，大部分地区还保持这乡村风格。
Lack of car ownership also means less urban sprawl, with most city dwellers concentrated in urban areas near the city center.
也正是由于这个原因，所以城市人口很难向郊区大幅迁移，人们还是愿意选择住在出行方便的市中心。
The rush for both sun and sprawl has now reversed, at least temporarily.
对阳光和蔓延地带的追求现在已经有改观了，至少暂时是这样的。
The issue of reconstruction aside, China's cities are also too big and there's a real problem with urban sprawl.
除了旧城更新改造问题，中国城市规模太大、城市蔓延问题也很严峻。
The women's interweaving stories sprawl across the chapters, and the loose organization may frustrate report writers.
女人的横跨章节的使交织的故事伸开手足而睡，和宽松的组织可能挫败报告作家。
The quantitative measures of urban sprawl can reflect whether the city planning is reasonable by its measure factors.
城市蔓延的定量测量，它的各项测量指标反映了这个城市规划的合理性。
CONS: Higher-than-average housing costs, sluggish employment growth, accelerating urban sprawl and unplanned development, long winters.
反对：高于平均的房价，低迷的就业增长率，快速的城市扩张及无计划的发展，漫长的寒冬。
Sand dunes sprawl along the coast of northeastern Brazil, sometimes extending kilometers inland.
沙丘沿着巴西东北部海岸蔓延，有时会往内陆扩展数公里。
Finding your way about Cairo's vast sprawl is not as difficult as it may seem.
寻找你对开罗的巨大张力的方式是并是像看起来那么困难。
He says in many parts of America, the problem is urban sprawl, as cities expand in vast suburban housing tracts.
西佛尔说，美国很多地方都出现了都市漫无计划扩展的问题，城市延伸到巨大的郊区住房地带。
Behaviors that were adaptive for our hunter-gatherer ancestors may not be adaptive for the denizens of urban sprawl.
那些对我们的狩猎收集者祖先有适应作用的行为对生活在都市扩张时代的居民来说也许不再有适应性。
He sprawled out on the sofa.
他摊开手脚躺在沙发上。
I tripped on a stone and went sprawling on the pavement.
我被一块石头绊了一下，四仰八叉地摔在人行道上。
a blow which sent him sprawling
打得他四脚朝天的一拳
The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6 million people.
整个安卡拉城区总共容纳了260万以上的人口。
She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up.
他离开她后，她摊开四肢躺在床上，甚至懒得动动把自己盖上。
The town seemed to sprawl for miles.
这座城市杂乱无章地向外扩展，绵延数英里。