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小词详解 | sprawl
sprawl 英 [sprɔːl] 美 [sprɔːl]
Multiplied and mismanaged, though, they can create traffic jams, worsen air pollution and force cities to sprawl.
但如果它们成倍增加且管理不善,就会造成交通堵塞、空气污染加重,还会迫使城市扩张。
——《经济学人》It is also a reminder that a typical network is more a sprawl of loosely connected computers than a walled fortress, providing plenty of vulnerabilities — and easily duped humans — for determined hackers.
报告也提醒人们,典型的网络由松散连接的计算机组成,不是一个有围墙的堡垒,对有决心的黑客来说,这样的网络存在着大量的漏洞,还有容易上当的用户。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 以不雅或尴尬的方式伸开胳膊和腿坐下、躺下或倒下
他离开她后她就摊手摊脚地躺在床上,甚至都懒得往身上盖点儿东西。
She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up.他的双腿成V字形伸开。
His legs sprawled out in a V.
我绊了一下,摔了个四脚朝天。
I tripped and went sprawling.
那儿到处杂乱地生长着各种植物。
There were plants sprawling all over the place.眼前杂乱地散落着许多难民营。
The refugee camps sprawl across the landscape.
为控制城市过快过乱的拓展所作的努力
attempts to control the fast-growing urban sprawl博伊兰随心所欲地驾驭着语言,先是任文章自由铺展,然后猛地收住,产生了绝好的效果。
Boylan plays with language, letting the prose sprawl about before tightening it suddenly to great effect.
“Maybe he wants to check on how you're doing?” suggested Hermione, as Harry unrolled the parchment; but rather than finding Dumbledore's long, narrow, slanted writing he saw an untidy sprawl, very difficult to read due to the presence of large blotches on the parchment where the ink had run.
“也许他想问问你进展如何。”赫敏猜测道,哈利打开纸卷。上面不是邓布利多那细长的斜体字,而是凌乱潦草的字迹,纸上还有大团墨渍,字迹很难辨认。
lounge: lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lazy way loll: sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way slouch: stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way