sprawl
vi. 伸开四肢坐[躺]; 蔓延; 杂乱无序地拓展
n. (城市)杂乱无序拓展的地区; 随意扩展; 蔓延; 蔓延物
If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way.
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。
If you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land.
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。
You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way.
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。
If something sprawls, its structure is disorganized or it lacks direction.
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。
1. an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
1. sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
2. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way;
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.