1 VERB (懒洋洋地)伸开四肢坐着(或躺着) If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way. (懒洋洋地)伸开四肢坐着(或躺着)
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She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up. [VERB prep./adv.]
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。
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They sprawled in lawn chairs, snoozing. [VERB prep./adv.]
他们手脚张开地躺在草地躺椅上，打着呼噜。
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He locked his knee against the man's inner thigh and sent him sprawling to the ground. [VERB prep.]
他用膝盖抵住那个人的大腿内侧，将他按趴在地上。
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He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed.
他会吃两片阿司匹林，然后摊开手脚躺在床上。
SYN loll, slump, lounge, flop
3 VERB 扩展;延伸 If you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land. 扩展;延伸
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The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres on the southern tip of Key Biscayne. [VERB prep.]
州立休闲区在比斯坎岛南端，占地 900 多英亩。
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If we continue to sprawl across the land, we're in for a terrible future. [VERB prep.]
如果继续扩展地盘的话，我们将来就会遇到大麻烦。
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The sprawling city contained some 4m people. [VERB-ing]
这个不断扩张的城市容纳了约 400 万人口。
4 N-UNCOUNT (城市的)杂乱无章地扩展的地区 You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way. (城市的)杂乱无章地扩展的地区
5 VERB 肆意扩展;杂乱无章地延伸 If something sprawls, its structure is disorganized or it lacks direction. 肆意扩展;杂乱无章地延伸
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Boylan plays with language, letting the prose sprawl about before tightening it suddenly to great effect. [VERB adv.]
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。
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He keeps forgetting the words and the song is a sprawling mess. [VERB-ing]
他老是忘词，歌被唱得乱七八糟。
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