| 单词 | sprawl |
| 释义 | sprawl (once / 887 pages) vn When you sprawl, you spread out in an ungainly way, like when you're lying down comfortably on the sofa with your legs and arms flung out around you. As a noun, the most common use of this word nowadays is in the phrase "urban sprawl" (or "suburban sprawl"), which describes municipal development — things like new neighborhoods, shopping malls, and office complexes — that spreads out of control, according to no approved plan, and usually with pretty ugly results. WORD FAMILYsprawl: sprawled, sprawler, sprawling, sprawls, sprawly+/sprawler: sprawlers/sprawling: sprawlingly, sprawlings USAGE EXAMPLESIt is not uncommon for new development plans in Northern Virginia to raise hackles among residents who want to limit suburban sprawl. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) More often, they say, they’re considering sprawl a health hazard. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) The report suggests rewarding communities that build housing near jobs and transportation, but penalizing suburban sprawl by linking it to California climate change legislation. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1v sit or lie with one's limbs spread out Hypo|Hyper spread-eagle stand with arms and legs spread out sit, sit down be seated liebe lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position 2v go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way Syn|Hyper straggle distribute, spread distribute or disperse widely 3n an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about Syn|Hyper sprawling attitude, position, posture the arrangement of the body and its limbs 4n an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper conurbation, urban sprawl Luda an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun subtopia monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings populated area, urban area a geographical area constituting a city or town |
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