Spread

[spred] or [sprɛd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time.

(noun.) the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age); 'she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread'.

(noun.) two facing pages of a book or other publication.

(noun.) process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space.

(noun.) a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes.

(verb.) distribute or disperse widely; 'The invaders spread their language all over the country'.

(verb.) become distributed or widespread; 'the infection spread'; 'Optimism spread among the population'.

(verb.) strew or distribute over an area; 'He spread fertilizer over the lawn'; 'scatter cards across the table'.

(verb.) spread across or over; 'A big oil spot spread across the water'.

(verb.) cover by spreading something over; 'spread the bread with cheese'.

(verb.) distribute over a surface in a layer; 'spread cheese on a piece of bread'.

(adj.) prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out; 'a table spread with food' .

手打:斯蒂芬--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(imp. & p. p.) of Spread

(v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail.

(v. t.) To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.

(v. t.) To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by abroad.

(v. t.) To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.

(v. t.) To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.

(v. t.) To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.

(v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.

(v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.

(v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.

(v. i.) To be made known more extensively, as news.

(v. i.) To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.

(n.) Extent; compass.

(n.) Expansion of parts.

(n.) A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.

(n.) A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.

(n.) A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon.

(n.) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.

(-) imp. & p. p. of Spread, v.

錄入:雷蒙

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Extend, expand, mantle, stretch, dilate.[2]. Disperse, scatter, distribute, diffuse.[3]. Publish, divulge, propagate, disseminate, circulate, promulgate, make known, make public, spread abroad.[4]. Unfold, unfurl, open.[5]. Cover, overspread.

v. n. [1]. Extend, be expanded.[2]. Be dispersed, be scattered.[3]. Circulate, be circulated, be spread abroad.

n. [1]. Extent, reach, compass.[2]. Dissemination, circulation, propagation.

克洛伊校對

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Extend, stretch, expand, open, unfurl, divulge, propagate, publish, disperse,diffuse, overlay, distribute, scatter, circulate, disseminate, ramify

ANT:Contract, furl, gather, fold, close, shut, secrete, suppress, confine,restrict, repress, hush, conceal, recal, collect, stagnate, concentrate,localize

錄入:洛伦佐

解釋/意思:

v.t. to scatter abroad or in all directions: to stretch: to extend: to overlay: to shoot out as branches: to circulate as news: to cause to affect numbers as a disease: to diffuse: to set with provisions as a table.—v.i. to extend or expand in all directions: to be extended or stretched: to be propagated or circulated:—pa.t. and pa.p. spread.—n. extent: compass: expansion of parts: that which is spread out a feast: a cover for a bed or a table.—adj. having a broad surface: shallower than the standard.—adj. Spread′-ea′gle like an eagle with the wings stretched out bombastic boastful.—n. (naut.) a person seized in the rigging a passenger thus made to pay his entrance forfeit.—ns. Spread′-ea′gleism a bombastic and frothy patriotism; Spread′er one who or that which spreads one who publishes or extends: any machine or implement for helping to scatter.—p.adj. Spread′ing.—adv. Spread′ingly increasingly.—Spread a fleet to keep more open order.

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