spread是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to (cause to) cover, reach, or have an effect on a wider or increasing area -- （使）展開，（使）鋪開；（使）蔓延，（使）擴散

  • The fire spread very rapidly because of the strong wind. 風很大，火勢迅速蔓延開來。

  • It started off as cancer of the liver but it spread to other areas of the body. 開始的時候是肝癌，後來擴散到了身體的其他部位。

  • The redundancies are spread across the banking and building industries. 裁員風氣席捲了銀行業和建築業。

  • We spread the picnic rug out on the ground and sat down to eat. 我們把野餐毯鋪在地上，坐下來吃東西。

  • The virus is spread (= given to other people) through contact with blood and other body fluids. 病毒透過血液及其他體液的接觸而傳染。

  • Are you spreading (= telling a lot of people) gossip/rumours again? 你是不是又在四處散播謠言了？

  • If we spread (= divide) the work between us, it won't seem so bad. 如果我們大家分擔一下工作，情況可能就沒那麽糟糕了。

  • She spread her toast with a thick layer of butter./She spread a thick layer of butter on her toast. 她在吐司上塗了厚厚的一層奶油。

  • It's a special sort of butter that spreads easily even when cold. 這是一種很特別的奶油，在涼的時候也很容易塗抹。

  • The suburbs spread (out) for miles to either side of the city. 郊區向城市兩邊都伸展出數哩。

  • Slowly a smile spread across her face. 她的臉上慢慢露出了微笑。

• 1 the development or growth of something so that it covers a larger area or affects a larger number of people -- 擴散，蔓延

  • The spread of the disease in the last few years has been alarming. 近幾年這種疾病的廣泛傳播確實令人擔憂。

  • The survey found a wide spread of opinion over the proposed new building. 調查廣泛徵集了對於擬議中的新建築的意見。

  • There's a double-page spread on the latest fashions. 有一篇兩面全版的文章介紹最新的時尚。

• 2 a soft food for putting on bread and biscuits -- 塗在麵包（或餅乾）上的食物；抹醬

  • cheese/chocolate/fish spread 乳酪／巧克力／魚醬

  • There's bread and various spreads for tea. 茶點有麵包和各種抹醬。

• 3 a ranch or other large area of land or water -- 大牧場，大農場

• 4 a meal, especially one for a special occasion with a lot of different dishes arranged on a table -- （尤指豐盛的）飯菜，酒席

  • Sheila laid on (= made) a magnificent spread for us. 希拉爲我們準備了豐盛的飯菜。

• 5 the difference between two amounts, such as two prices or interest rates -- 差異，差距；（價格或利率等之間的）差額

  • The issue was priced at a spread of 115 basis points above Treasury bonds. 這一期的價格定在比財政部債券高115點的位置。