sprawling / sprɔl /

广阔的蔓延的绵延不绝的绵延不绝

sprawling3 个定义

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

sprawling 近义词

v. 动词 verb

sit or lie spread out

更多sprawling例句

  1. Staffing has been a particular struggle for HammerDown, the destination smokehouse on a stretch of rural Virginia highway that looks to be losing a battle with suburban sprawl.
  2. Similarly, Capretz said she hopes the new board puts a stop to all planned sprawl development still percolating in the county’s planning system.
  3. If elections are a technology, then the machine consists of an enormous sprawl of moving parts that goes well beyond what most people realize.
  4. SONGS, sandwiched into the narrow strip between the sea and the highway that connects the urban sprawls of San Diego and Los Angeles, began operations in the late 1960s and churned out carbon-free energy for decades.
  5. Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced a plan earlier this year to densify development and cut back on urban sprawl, though the City Council has not yet taken it up for approval.
  6. A shot rang out as Brinsley took his own life, sprawling with the gun at his side.
  7. He presides over a sprawling media and sports empire that spans from the Lakers to The Chronicles of Narnia.
  8. Now, AIG was a huge, sprawling company, with lots of assets and decent insurance businesses, especially in Asia.
  9. Inherent Vice brings you a sprawling, unobstructed narrative, and then asks you to savor as much as you can.
  10. Or have you delved into the sprawling waters of spin-offs, like Dating Naked, maybe?
  11. The lazy giant was sprawling on the most comfortable of the sofas; the pair were alone in the dainty little drawing-room.
  12. Sprawling was lazy and wore out sofas, and little boys were not expected to talk.
  13. A few minutes later Romanoff was sprawling in a large easy-chair with his feet close to the fire.
  14. Woot went sailing through the air and fell sprawling upon the rocky floor far beyond the place where the Dragon Tribe was grouped.
  15. Sprawling across the table, his huge head lying upon his hands, she beheld the Chief Factor, mumbling in incoherent phrases.