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单词 sprawling
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sprawling


sprawl

S0668900 (sprôl)v. sprawled, sprawl·ing, sprawls v.intr.1. To sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly.2. To spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion: untidy tenements sprawling toward the river.v.tr. To cause to spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion.n.1. A sprawling position or posture.2. A usually disorderly or haphazard mass, array, or extension: a sprawl of outbuildings; urban sprawl.
[Middle English sprawlen, from Old English sprēawlian, to writhe; see sper- in Indo-European roots.]
sprawl′er n.

sprawling

(ˈsprɔːlɪŋ) adj1. sitting or lying in an ungainly manner with one's limbs spread out2. spreading out in a straggling fashion
Thesaurus
Noun1.sprawling - an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread aboutsprawling - an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread aboutsprawlposture, attitude, position - the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
Adj.1.sprawling - spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"rambling, straggling, stragglyuntidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
Translations
不规则地展开散乱的

sprawl

(sproːl) verb1. to sit, lie or fall with the arms and legs spread out widely and carelessly. Several tired-looking people were sprawling in armchairs. 伸開手腳坐或躺 伸开手脚坐或躺2. (of a town etc) to spread out in an untidy and irregular way. 蔓延,不規則地展開 蔓延,不规则地展开 noun1. an act of sprawling. He was lying in a careless sprawl on the sofa. 懶散,伸開手腳 懒散,伸开手脚 2. an untidy and irregular area (of houses etc). She lost her way in the grimy sprawl of the big city. 散亂 散乱ˈsprawling adjectivethe huge, sprawling city of Los Angeles. 散亂的,不規則地展開 散乱的,不规则地展开
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sprawling


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Synonyms for sprawling

noun an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

Synonyms

  • sprawl

Related Words

  • posture
  • attitude
  • position

adj spreading out in different directions

Synonyms

  • rambling
  • straggling
  • straggly

Related Words

  • untidy
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