sprawl

简单释义：

n.蔓延；（城市）杂乱无序拓展的地区；随意扩展；蔓延物

v.蔓延；伸开四肢坐（或躺）；杂乱无序地拓展

网络蔓生；爬行；城市无计划扩张

变形：

第三人称单数：sprawls  现在分词：sprawling  过去式：sprawled  

完整释义：

v.

1.(陆地、蔓藤等)不规则地延伸,蔓延;(建筑物)无计划地延伸;向四面八方散开;不整齐,散漫
2.遍布,蔓延,回荡
3.趴,贴,懒洋洋地躺在
4.懒散(或拙笨地)伸开(手足)
5.手脚伸开(成大字形)躺[坐]着
6.使蔓生;使散漫地伸开;潦草地书写
7.(难看地)爬行
8.歪着,歪歪斜斜;不成格局
9.布置零乱

n.

1.蔓延;散乱
2.手脚伸开躺卧(的姿势)
3.〔美国〕毅力

例句：

1. CONS: Higher-than-average housing costs, sluggish employment growth, accelerating urban sprawl and unplanned development, long winters.
   反对：高于平均的房价，低迷的就业增长率，快速的城市扩张及无计划的发展，漫长的寒冬。

2. Lack of car ownership also means less urban sprawl, with most city dwellers concentrated in urban areas near the city center.
   也正是由于这个原因，所以城市人口很难向郊区大幅迁移，人们还是愿意选择住在出行方便的市中心。

3. He says in many parts of America, the problem is urban sprawl, as cities expand in vast suburban housing tracts.
   西佛尔说，美国很多地方都出现了都市漫无计划扩展的问题，城市延伸到巨大的郊区住房地带。

4. Michael crawls through the hole and into a narrow, but extensive service corridor. Metal catwalks and pipes sprawl in all directions.
   Michael爬过洞去，进入了一个狭窄的，但是空间广阔的维修通道，狭窄的通道和管道向各个方向蔓延展开。

5. I prodded a pretty young marshmallow cretin girl with my crop and made her sprawl on the ground.
   我用阴茎戳中了一个年轻甜美的痴呆姑娘，把她放倒在地。

6. By the following afternoon more than 30 blocks had become consumed by the riot, transformed into a burning sprawl.
   在那天下午，有超过30个街区被暴力活动摧毁，变成了一片燃烧的废墟。

7. Where in the sprawl could I find the oddballs able to see through the glare and take advantage of the city's unmatched energy?
   在这杂乱无章之地，我在哪里才找得到一个奇人可以告诉我如何看透这耀眼俗艳，汲取这城市无与伦比的能量呢？

8. Modern crocodiles crawl on their bellies because their legs sprawl out to the side.
   现代鳄鱼则用肚子爬行，因为它们的腿伸展到了身体两侧。

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