sprawl

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

They sprawl at ease across the sofa, arms draped over the back.
他們愜意地躺在沙發(fā)上，胳膊搭在后面。
Boylan plays with language, letting the prose sprawl about before tightening it suddenly to great effect.
博伊蘭隨心所欲地駕馭著語(yǔ)言，先是任文章自由鋪展，然后猛地收住，產(chǎn)生了絕好的效果。
If we continue to sprawl across the land, we're in for a terrible future.
如果繼續(xù)擴(kuò)展地盤的話，我們將來(lái)就會(huì)遇到大麻煩。
The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people.
安卡拉整個(gè)肆意擴(kuò)展的城區(qū)容納了260多萬(wàn)人口。
He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed.
他會(huì)吃兩片阿司匹林，然后攤開手腳躺在床上。

(BODY) to spread the arms and legs out carelessly and untidily while sitting or lying down
(CITY) (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
(BODY) a position with the arms and legs spread out carelessly and untidily while sitting or lying down
(CITY) a large area of land covered with buildings that have been added at different times so that it looks untidy

If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way.
Sprawl out means the same as .
If you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land.
You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outward in an uncontrolled way.