sprawl

1. V-I If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way. 伸開四肢坐著; 攤開四肢躺著

She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up. 他離開她后，她攤開四肢躺在床上，甚至懶得動動把自己蓋上。

2. PHRASAL VERB Sprawl out means the same as . 伸開四肢坐著; 攤開四肢躺著

He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed. 他會吃兩片阿斯匹林，然后攤開四肢躺在床上。

3. V-I If you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land. 延伸

The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres on the southern tip of Key Biscayne. 州立休閑區(qū)占地九百多英畝，地處基·比斯坎南端。

4. N-UNCOUNT You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outward in an uncontrolled way. (城市的) 無計劃擴張區(qū)域

The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6 million people. 整個安卡拉城區(qū)總共容納了260萬以上的人口。