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Definition of spreadeagle in English: spreadeagleverb ˌsprɛdˈiːɡ(ə)l [with object]1Stretch (someone) out with their arms and legs extended. 张开四肢 he lay spreadeagled in the road 他四肢张开躺在路上。 Example sentencesExamples - Theo took off his pack and was spreadeagled on a steep, bare rockface before he realised that there was no purchase.
- Reiko bounced once again and landed spreadeagled on her back on the bed.
- She was spreadeagled, breezes carrying musky scents and the reek of sweat across her body and teasing her skin, nipping it with playful fingers that caused her to shiver as she struggled.
- Her arms and legs are spreadeagled on the cool white tiles.
- To stop us scratching we are spreadeagled, tied with bandages at the wrists and ankles to the tubular steel of our bed frames.
- Gwen fell back, landing on the floor of the office spreadeagled.
- The dramatic scene in which armed police ordered the suspects to lie spreadeagled on the concrete was captured by another News of the World photographer and a television crew from BSkyB.
- I was spreadeagled on a ratty old couch in the corner of a large room.
- It is not often that you find yourself lying beneath a tamarind tree, naked and spreadeagled on the ground, with a man in a loincloth massaging you with the Brillo-pad sole of his foot.
- I took a couple more steps, and ended up spreadeagled across the bonnet of a red Golf that had seen the blue lights and stopped in the road behind me.
- Rakael struggled violently, metal clashing with metal as she writhed, spreadeagled on a rough block of stone.
- The poor quality amateur-looking footage showed two bodies lying spreadeagled in a dusty road next to what looked like a Land Rover.
- The last time I tried an Indian spa, I had to lie spreadeagled under a tree, as the masseur scoured my body with the sole of his foot.
- I'm so relieved and very grateful to S, since he had to spreadeagle himself on my living room floor in his work clothes to do it!
- He landed spreadeagled on the crowd and hands reached up and pushed him, bouncing him along on a sea of humanity, until eventually a hand grabbed him and hauled him to the ground.
Synonyms lying, flat, horizontal, stretched out, sprawled, spreadeagled, reclining, resting, lounging, prone, prostrate, supine - 1.1Skating no object Perform a spread eagle.
〔滑冰〕进行大一字(或横一字)式花样滑冰 - 1.2informal Utterly defeat (an opponent in a sporting contest)
〈非正式〉(体育竞赛中)完胜,打垮(对手) he threatened to spread-eagle the field with eight birdies in his first twelve holes Example sentencesExamples - About three furlongs out, I knew that he was not only going to win, but he was going to spreadeagle a class field, and win easing up.
- His darting runs from midfield had the defence spreadeagled and bewildered.
nounˌsprɛdˈiːɡ(ə)l 1An emblematic representation of an eagle with its legs and wings extended, used especially as an emblem of the United States. 展翼鹰徽 - 1.1Skating A straight glide made with the feet in a line, with the heels touching, and the arms stretched out to either side.
〔滑冰〕大一字(或横一字)形花样滑冰 Example sentencesExamples - I want aerials, spread eagles, toe touches, and anything else you can think of.
- The 2002 Olympic bronze medalists opened with side-by-side triple toeloops, followed by nested spread eagles into a lift, albeit marred by a small bobble and a bit of sluggishness.
- I follow the jump with more choreography, a spread eagle, and a spiral sequence, and a triple axel.
- There are inside and outside spread eagles, where you skate on both inside or both outside edges.
adjectiveˌsprɛdˈiːɡ(ə)l US 1Stretched out with one's arms and legs extended. 张开四肢 prisoners are chained to their beds, spreadeagle, for days at a time 囚犯们被用铁链锁在床上,四肢摊开,一锁就是好几天。 Example sentencesExamples - Laying flat on my stomach, spread eagle and staring out the window on the opposite wall, I thought some more.
- She was lying on her bed, spread eagle on her stomach.
- She rolled her eyes and fell back into her bunk, spread eagle, so she would take up all the room.
- Now she was spread eagle on the table; face up, staring into the bright lights, cold metal clamps holding her down, immobilizing her arms, head, chest and legs.
- He gave me a long, contemplating look before his face cracked into a smirk and he flipped over on his back, laying spread eagle across the bed.
- It took her nearly half the lunch period to find him; he was holed up underneath the bleachers by the football field, sprawled spread eagle on the dying grass.
- There in front of the door, lying spread eagle on the floor, was Terrance Volrath.
- When she returned, Michael lay spread eagle on the over-sized bed, the lower half of his body partially covered by flowered sheets.
- She was standing there chained to the wall spread eagle in nothing but her underwear.
- He lay there, spread eagle, waiting, mindless of the heat pouring off of the sand.
- The figures finally collapsed, spread eagle on the floor in front of their chairs.
- Sighing in defeat he dropped on the bed, collapsing, flopping onto the bed, spread eagle, arms and legs splayed everywhere.
- She lay on her stomach spread eagle, head titled to the side, face contorted in pain.
- Shep instantly flattened himself on the ground spread eagle.
- I was walking one moment and in a quick phase of pain I was on the floor spread eagle not moving wondering what the hell I was doing.
- From what I could tell I was spread eagle on the ground although I really couldn't move my arms or legs.
2dated Loudly or aggressively patriotic about the United States. 〈旧〉肆无忌惮夸耀美国的 肆无忌惮夸耀美国的演说。 |