sprawl是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to spread the arms and legs out carelessly and untidily while sitting or lying down -- （懶散地）攤開四肢坐（或躺）

  • I knocked into her in the corridor and sent her sprawling (= knocked her over). 我在走廊裡和她迎頭相撞，把她撞了個四腳朝天。

• 1 (especially of a city) to cover a large area of land with buildings that have been added at different times so that it looks untidy -- （尤指城市）雜亂無序地擴展，散亂地延伸

  • The refugee camps sprawl across the landscape. 眼前雜亂地散落著許多難民營。

• 2 a position with the arms and legs spread out carelessly and untidily while sitting or lying down -- （懶散地）攤開四肢坐（或躺）

• 3 a large area of land covered with buildings that have been added at different times so that it looks untidy -- （某地建築的）無計畫發展；沒有城市規劃

  • the urban sprawl of South Florida 佛羅裡達州南部雜亂無序的城市擴展