sprawl
US: /ˈspɹɔɫ/
UK: /spɹˈɔːl/
UK: /spɹˈɔːl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
sprawl /sprɔ:l/
- danh từ
- sự nằm dài ra, sự nằm ườn ra; tư thế uể oải
- sự vươn vai
- động từ
- nằm dài ra, nằm ườn ra
- vươn vai
- nguệch ngoạc (chữ viết)
- bò lan ngổn ngang (cây)
- (quân sự) rải (quân) ngổn ngang
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [V +adv./prep.]
1 to sit or lie with your arms and legs spread out in a relaxed or awkward way: He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. + Something hit her and sent her sprawling to the ground. + I tripped and went sprawling.
2 to spread in an untidy way; to cover a large area: The town sprawled along the side of the lake.
+ noun
1 [C, usually sing, U] a large area covered with buildings that spreads from the city into the countryside in an ugly way: attempts to control the fast-growing urban sprawl
2 [C, usually sing.] an act of spreading to cover a large area in an untidy way; sth that spreads like this
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 spread (out), stretch (out), straddle, ramble, meander, wander, straggle, branch out:
Greater Los Angeles sprawls over a huge area of some 450 square miles.
2 spread out, stretch out, loll, lounge, slouch, slump, recline, lie about or around:
A dozen guests were sprawled on blankets at the beach party.
n.
3 spread, stretch, expansion, extension:
Some suburbs of large cities have been swallowed up in urban sprawl.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
untidily | out
He was sprawled out on the sofa.
PREP.
across, in, on, over
She sprawled untidily in an armchair.
PHRASES
lie/sit sprawled
She lay sprawled across the bed.
| send sb sprawling
The blow sent him sprawling.
Concise English dictionary
sprawls|sprawled|sprawlingsprɔːl
noun
+an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
+an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
verb
+sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
+go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
