spread-eagle['spred,i:ɡl]

• adj.
  • 展翼鹰似的
  • 伸开四肢躺着(或站着)的
  • [美国口语]夸张的(尤指夸赞美国)
• vt.
  • 把(某物)如展翼般张开；使展开四肢：

    to spread-eagle the sails

    扬帆

    He spread-eagled his limbs while lying on the grass.

    他四肢张开躺在草地上。

  • 把…四肢张开地捆绑：

    She's spread-eagled in the bed.

    她被四肢张开地捆在床上。

  • 横跨：

    A country spread-eagles Asia and Europe —that is Turkey.

    一个横跨欧亚大陆的国家，这就是土耳其。

  • 打败，打跨：

    He was completely spread-eagled by himself.

    他被他自己彻底打垮了。

• vi.
  • 张开四肢；四肢张开着站立(或躺卧等)：

    They spread-eagled against the crowd to let her go into the theatre from her car.

    他们张开四肢挡住拥挤的人群，好让她顺利地从车上下来走进剧场。

  • 作横一字花样滑冰
  • [美国口语]作夸大的爱国演说：

    He always spread-eagled when he had time to speak.

    只要一有机会，他就会夸张地作爱国演说。

• 变形:

  vt.spread-eagled.spread-eagling