sprawl

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

蔓延的,扩张,蔓延,蔓延的情况

Definitions

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.
- : 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
- : to stretch out as in sprawling.
- : to spread out or distribute in a straggling manner.

n.名词 noun

verbsit or lie spread out

Forms: sprawled, sprawling

Synonyms

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.

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

蔓延的,扩张,蔓延,蔓延的情况

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.
- : 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
- : to stretch out as in sprawling.
- : to spread out or distribute in a straggling manner.

n.名词 noun

verbsit or lie spread out

Forms: sprawled, sprawling

Synonyms

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.