n.(名词)

1. 蔓延，蔓生
2. 散乱，散漫
3. 杂乱的扩展，随意扩展
4. 手脚伸开躺卧，躺卧
5. 毅力
6. 杂乱无序拓展的地区
7. 蔓延物
8. 伸开手足，伸展

v.(动词)

1. （使）蔓延，（使）蔓生
2. 懒散伸开（手足），使散漫地伸开
3. （笨拙地）爬行
4. 伸开四肢坐（躺），手脚伸开（成大字形）躺着
5. 无计划地扩展，无计划地延伸，杂乱无序地拓展
6. 潦草地书写
7. （使）不规则地延伸，向四面八方散开
8. 不整齐，散漫
9. 歪斜
10. 躺卧
11. 扩张

Noun:

1. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

2. an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

Verb:

1. sit or lie with one's limbs spread out

2. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way;

   "Branches straggling out quite far"
   

1.(懒洋洋地)伸开四肢坐着(或躺着)
If yousprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way.

e.g. She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up...
他离开她后她就摊手摊脚地躺在床上，甚至都懒得往身上盖点儿东西。
e.g. They sprawled in lawn chairs, snoozing...
他们手脚张开地躺在草地躺椅上，打着呼噜。

2.扩展;延伸
If you say that a placesprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land.

e.g. 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。
e.g. If we continue tosprawl 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.(城市的)杂乱无章地扩展的地区
You can usesprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way.

e.g. The whole urbansprawl 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。

4.肆意扩展;杂乱无章地延伸
If somethingsprawls, its structure is disorganized or it lacks direction.

e.g. Boylan plays with language, letting the prosesprawl 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。
e.g. 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。

1. sprawl

1. 蔓延：这种移民潮是90年代美国郊区蔓延(sprawl)现象形成的主因. 反过来,也由于高科技的发展促进了城市中心相关产业的成长进而带动移民潮的回流. 本文主要目的即是在探讨美国新经济产生的背景与原因,及其对城市发展尤其是郊区蔓延的影响.

2. 展：研究员考克斯(Wendell Cox)认为,推高屋价的罪魁祸首是一些强化都市的政策,它限制了都市周边地方的住宅社区发展:「城市规划人士认为我们应停止不断扩大城市,他们甚至使用贬义字---肆意扩展(sprawl).

3. 建筑物无计划延伸,蔓延,四面八方散开：7. periphery 周围,边缘 | 8.sprawl 建筑物无计划延伸,蔓延,四面八方散开 | 9. lot 小片土地

4. 躺卧姿势：sprat 鲱鱼 |sprawl 躺卧姿势 | spray drain 排水暗沟

He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV.

他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。

Something hit her and sent her sprawling to the ground.

不知什么东西击中了她，把她打趴在地上。

I tripped and went sprawling .

我绊了一下，摔了个四脚朝天。

The town sprawled along the side of the lake.

小镇顺着湖的边缘扩展。

attempts to control the fast-growing urban sprawl

为控制城市过快过乱的拓展所作的努力

She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up...

他离开她后她就摊手摊脚地躺在床上，甚至都懒得往身上盖点儿东西。

They sprawled in lawn chairs, snoozing...

他们手脚张开地躺在草地躺椅上，打着呼噜。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Planners throughout the 20 th century have advocated containment of urban sprawl through a variety of means.

整个20世纪,城市规划者都在致力于通过各种手段来遏制城市空间向四周的蔓延.

In the increasing sprawl of this virtual jungle there must be an evolution.

随着网络的不断发展,肯定会出现优胜劣汰.

The marsupial has been in decline for decades due to urban sprawl from car accidentsdog attacks.

这种有袋动物其数量在过去几十年间逐渐减少,主要原因是城市的扩张、车祸和狗的袭击.

He lay there in a sprawl.

他四肢伸开躺在那里.

Other changes suggest that it may be sprawl, not the city, that is doomed.

其他的变化则预示了, 正走向终点的不是城市, 而是恰恰是城市的蔓延趋势.

Equally striking is the new urban sprawl 'u2014 and the spread of slums.

另一个同样引人注目的便是新的都市化进程,与贫民窟的扩张.

Far from the sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling its way about 1,000 miles a day?

是要远离那钢筋水泥,逐日疯长的土地?

In the absence of any different policy city development has taken the form of sprawl.

在不受其它政策干预的情况下,美国的城市是以向四方八面扩展的形式发展的.

Corporate sprawl distracts managers, diverts resources and muddies valuations.

公司扩张吸引管理层, 转移资源和扰乱估价.

The whole layout provides a totally new alternative between high density and'urban sprawl '.

整个布局为高密度和 “ 城市扩张”提供了新的选择机会.

I like to sprawl out in a big bed.

我喜欢四肢全伸开松散地躺在大床上.

The tree's dark twisted branches sprawl in unpruned abandon.

苹果树乌黑、虬曲的枝条因未经修剪而恣意蔓生.

He lay in a sprawl over the desk.

他手脚摊开趴在书桌上.

New development and urban sprawl now surround it.

新发展和城市延伸正在围绕着那里.

Beaumont , Constance E . How Superstore sprawl Can Harm Communities . National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1994.

着, 超级商场的扩张如何危害社区, 国立史迹保存信托机构, 1994年.

His legs sprawl out in V while he was watching TV.

他看电视时双腿呈V字形伸开.

• sprawl">urban sprawl城区的无计划扩张...
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• She..fell into a sort of luxurious sprawl.

  出自：P. H. Johnson

• A child..sprawling at ease On smooth turf.

  出自：R. Graves

• His foot caught in the grass, and he sprawled headlong.

  出自：S. Brett

• Andrew had fallen asleep, sprawled on the sofa.

  出自：H. Mantel