| 单词 | spread |
| 释义 | spread I. transitive verb 1. a. < spread a carpet > < a ship with all sails spread > < hammered the metal to spread it > — often used with out < spread out the newspaper > < spread out the roots carefully — Emily Holt > < city spread out on a level terrain — American Guide Series: N. H. > b. < spreading her arms wide to embrace him > < spreads its wings for flight > < a tree spreading its branches > < spread his hands, palms down on the table — Gilbert Millstein > c. (1) (2) 2. a. < spread fertilizer over the soil > < buildings … are spread around this central point — American Guide Series: Texas > < has its armed forces spread thinly all over the globe — Wall Street Journal > b. < spread the cost of medical care > < the work had to be spread over several weekends > specifically c. < spread butter on bread > < the varnish was spread on every exposed part — Ben Riker > d. (1) < spread the floor with carpet > (2) archaic < the velvet down that spreads his cheek — Thomas Moore > e. (1) < spread the board > < spread the tables with the favorite dishes of their absent husbands — J.G.Frazer > (2) < spread afternoon tea for us — Eve Langley > < supper was spread — Thomas Hardy > f. < moved … that the foregoing resolution be spread upon the minutes — Science > 3. a. < spread the news > < spread a man's fame > < spread the most glowing reports — T.B.Costain > b. < spread a disease > < spread the habit of smoking — Olive Haseltine > < puerperal infection could be spread in this way — Justina Hill > c. < spread an effluvium > : emit < the hyacinth spreading its fragrance > 4. a. < the locomotive spreads the rails > < spread a plate … and had to be shod in the paddock — Richard Lane > b. intransitive verb 1. a. < the rioters spread throughout the city > < the odor spreads through the room > < a thin paint that spreads well > b. < the news spread > < the new ideas were spreading — Tom Wintringham > c. < the disease spread through the island > < the panic spread rapidly > < the academy idea had begun to spread — J.P.Marquand > 2. a. < the city spreads over five square miles — American Guide Series: Michigan > < the consequences of any big war spread in circles to infinity — Dixon Wecter > < the shadow spread across her face — Maude Hutchins > b. < a vine remarkable for its tendency not to spread and ramble — Willa Cather > c. d. < he spread out into other fields > 3. < rails spreading under the great weight > < the servant's mouth spread in a placating grin — T.B.Costain > Synonyms: < scattered broadcast over the country at government expense, the report did much to spread knowledge of the northwest coast — R.A.Billington > < the taste for reading … slowly spread out toward the lonely clearings to the west — J.D.Hart > disseminate means and suggests about the same things as spread; it may connote the notion of a hoped-for useful fruition as of seed sown < the need for a cooperative agency in the iron and steel industry for collecting and disseminating statistics and information — J.W.Hill > propagate, applicable to complexes of notions rather than to specific facts or bits of information, may suggest fostering growth by making widespread and increasing the number of possible adherents < mechanical societies sprang into existence, to propagate the creed with greater zeal — Lewis Mumford > < the outlandish philosophies that later sectaries were to propagate so diligently — V.L.Parrington > circulate may suggest a passing from person to person as though in a circle and thus to become widely known < this silly story that people are circulating — Thomas Hardy > < the satire, circulating in manuscript copies, had a great local vogue — E.V.Lucas > radiate suggests sending out along radii from a nucleus; it is more likely to apply to matters affective than intellectual < a unity of inspiration that radiates into plot and personages alike — T.S.Eliot > < the comments of Arthur Brisbane … radiated no warmth — A.W.Long > diffuse suggests to make known widely with permeation into small areas or crannies and an overall tingeing effect < the drive behind the American ideal of a universally diffused education — Perry Miller > < once literacy has been generally diffused among the masses of a society, it tends to become indispensable — Helen Sullivan > • - spread oneself II. 1. a. < the spread of wax under a seal > < the spread of the great metropolis — London Calling > < the spread of the plague through the city > < a gradual spread of parliamentary democracy — Bertrand Russell > b. < the spread of a sail > < elm … with a spread of 146 feet — American Guide Series: Connecticut > c. (1) (2) < curves that are one-way spreads > 2. a. < the giant spread of land — A.B.Guthrie > b. West (1) < a cattle spread > (2) < a spread of 100,000 acres > (3) < winter a spread of 10,000 sheep > c. d. (1) (2) e. f. (1) (2) (3) (4) 3. a. < cheese spread > b. < a gigantic spread in honor of the visiting prince — Robert Shaplen > c. 4. < the wide spread between theory and fact > as a. b. c. d. e. (1) (2) (3) f. (1) (2) (3) (4) < the spread between the list price and the market price of an article > g. 5. a. b. c. III. 1. 2. < a two-page spread advertisement > 3. IV. |
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