sprawl 音标拼音: [spr'ɔl]
vi . 伸开手足躺,爬行,蔓生,蔓延
vt . 懒散地伸开,使蔓生
伸开手足躺,爬行,蔓生,蔓延懒散地伸开,使蔓生
sprawl n 1 :
an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities [
synonym : {
conurbation }, {
urban sprawl }, {
sprawl }]
2 :
an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [
synonym :
{
sprawl }, {
sprawling }]
v 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 " [
synonym : {
sprawl }, {
straggle }]
sprawl \
sprawl \ (
spr [
add ]
l ),
n .
The position or state resulting from sprawling ;
as ,
he sat on the couch in a sprawl ;
uncontrolled urban sprawl .
[
PJC ]
Sprawl \
Sprawl \ (
spr [
add ]
l ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Sprawled }
(
spr [
add ]
ld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Sprawling }.] [
OE .
spraulen ;
cf .
Sw .
sprattla to sprawl ,
dial .
Sw .
spralla ,
Dan .
spraelle ,
spraelde ,
D .
spartelen ,
spertelen ,
to flounder ,
to struggle .]
1 .
To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position ;
to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To spread irregularly ,
as vines ,
plants ,
or trees ;
to spread ungracefully ,
as chirography .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To move ,
when lying down ,
with awkward extension and motions of the limbs ;
to scramble in creeping .
[
1913 Webster ]
The birds were not fledged ;
but upon sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame ,
down they tumbled . --
L '
Estrange .
[
1913 Webster ]
120 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sprawl ":
accubation ,
accumbency ,
be lengthy ,
be prolonged ,
bed ,
bed down ,
belong ,
branch ,
branch out ,
capsize ,
careen ,
come a cropper ,
couch ,
crane ,
crawl ,
cropper ,
culbute ,
curl up ,
decumbency ,
deploy ,
disperse ,
dive ,
drape ,
expand ,
expansion ,
extend ,
extend out ,
extension ,
fall ,
fall down ,
fall flat ,
fall headlong ,
fall over ,
fall prostrate ,
fan ,
fan out ,
flare ,
flop ,
flounder ,
forced landing ,
get a cropper ,
go to bed ,
go to rest ,
grovel ,
header ,
lay ,
lie ,
lie around ,
lie down ,
lie flat ,
lie limply ,
lie prone ,
lie prostrate ,
list ,
loll ,
lounge ,
lounging ,
lurch ,
lying ,
meander ,
open ,
open up ,
outreach ,
outspread ,
outstretch ,
overgrow ,
overrun ,
pitch ,
plunge ,
pratfall ,
proneness ,
prostration ,
ramble ,
ramify ,
reach out ,
reclination ,
recline ,
reclining ,
recumbency ,
repose ,
rest ,
scramble ,
settle to rest ,
slouch ,
slump ,
snug down ,
spill ,
splay ,
spraddle ,
sprangle ,
spread ,
spread like wildfire ,
spread out ,
spread -
eagle ,
stagger ,
stand on tiptoes ,
straddle ,
straggle ,
stretch ,
stretch out ,
stumble ,
supineness ,
take a fall ,
take a flop ,
take a header ,
take a pratfall ,
take a spill ,
take it easy ,
take life easy ,
tilt ,
topple ,
topple down ,
topple over ,
totter ,
trip ,
tumble ,
turn turtle ,
unfold ,
wander ,
widen
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