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sprawl

/sprawl/US // sprɔl //UK // (sprɔːl) //

蔓延的,扩张,蔓延,蔓延的情况

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
    • : to sit or lie in a relaxed position with the limbs spread out carelessly or ungracefully: He sprawled across the bed.
    • : to spread out, extend, or be distributed in a straggling or irregular manner, as vines, buildings, handwriting, etc.
    • : to crawl awkwardly with the aid of all the limbs; scramble.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to stretch out as in sprawling.
    • : to spread out or distribute in a straggling manner.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or an instance of sprawling; a sprawling posture.
    • : a straggling array of something.

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Examples

  • During the 1980s, urban sprawl and increased outdoor recreation meant that humans and bears were interacting more and more.

  • Depending on who you ask, it represents sprawl or badly needed units that will satisfy the city’s larger housing goals.

  • Martinek also said he believes there is enough space for infill development throughout the city that will help Oceanside meet its housing requirements rather than a project that contributes to urban sprawl.

  • One of the major problems was that the county allowed sprawl developers to offset projects by purchasing carbon offsets in international markets, which have little oversight or accountability.

  • In 2009, county planners rejected the project, saying it was out of step with the county’s plan to concentrate housing development in village areas, rather than maintaining the county’s patterns of sprawl.

  • “To minimize sprawl” has become a bedrock catchphrase of the core political ideology.

  • Obama and the Democrats have embraced the argument that suburbs and sprawl are bad for you.

  • Auto factories tend to sprawl horizontally over huge lots, and have flat roofs.

  • The goal, of course, is to facilitate ever more densification of urban areas and to rein in the dreaded suburban “sprawl.”

  • And when it comes to muddling through the ever-expanding sprawl of the Internet, you can never have too many tricks.

  • The grass still made a carpet over its roots, inviting me to sprawl at full length and renew our voiceless communion.

  • The black man sprang high up into the air, and shot out both his arms and his legs, coming down all a-sprawl among the heather.

  • The movement had stopped, and he was allowed to sprawl on the ground.

  • This paragon, though seventy years old, used to dress in baby's clothes and sprawl about upon the floor.

  • Even the multiplication table failed here, and at this, variously a-sprawl on the turf beneath, the smaller fry giggled.