Sprawl
[sprɔːl] or [sprɔl]
解释:
(noun.) an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about.
(verb.) sit or lie with one's limbs spread out.
(verb.) go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; 'Branches straggling out quite far'.
亨廷顿编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
(v. i.) To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.
(v. i.) To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
整理:佩吉
解释:
v.i. to toss or kick about the limbs: to stretch the body carelessly when lying: to spread ungracefully.—n. a sprawling posture.—n. Sprawl′er.
吉塞尔编辑
例句:
- How that scene lives still, the sprawl, the flushed faces, the angry voice of the boy! 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- My long-sword circled whirring through the air, and a great ape sprawled, headless, at the feet of the fainting girls. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Only the Russian sprawled as large as ever across Asia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Her bejewelled hands lay sprawling in her amber satin lap. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- They raced wildly after me until, finally, my foot struck a projecting piece of quartz, and down I went sprawling upon the moss. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
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