sprawl 英 [sprɔ:l]   美 [sprɔl]

sprawl

sprawl  英 [sprɔ:l] 美 [sprɔl]

vi. 蔓延;伸开手足躺;无计划地扩展  vt. 懒散地伸开;使蔓生  n. 蔓生;伸开手足躺卧姿势 

进行时:sprawling  过去式:sprawled  过去分词:sprawled  第三人称单数:sprawls  名词复数:sprawls 

Sand dunes sprawl along the coast of northeastern Brazil, sometimes extending kilometers inland. 沙丘沿着巴西东北部海岸蔓延,有时会往内陆扩展数公里。
The ability to easily generate virtual machines tends to lead to a willingness to do more, and soon the IT manager finds virtual machine sprawl on his hands. 如果能够更容易地制作虚拟机,那么人们会更愿意使用它,不久之后IT经理就会发现虚拟机已经蔓延开了。

  • When you sprawl, you spread out in an ungainly way, like when you're lying down comfortably on the sofa with your legs and arms flung out around you.
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  • vi. 蔓延;伸开手足躺;无计划地扩展
  • vt. 懒散地伸开;使蔓生
  • n. 蔓生;伸开手足躺卧姿势
  • 1. Sand dunes sprawl along the coast of northeastern Brazil, sometimes extending kilometers inland.

    沙丘沿着巴西东北部海岸蔓延,有时会往内陆扩展数公里。

  • 2. The ability to easily generate virtual machines tends to lead to a willingness to do more, and soon the IT manager finds virtual machine sprawl on his hands.

    如果能够更容易地制作虚拟机,那么人们会更愿意使用它,不久之后IT经理就会发现虚拟机已经蔓延开了。

  • 3. This kind of holistic approach to server virtualization is necessary to reap the benefits of the technology without succumbing to the perils of virtual sprawl.

    服务器虚拟化的这种整体方法对于从该技术获取效益来说是很有必要的,而不会面临虚拟蔓延的危险。

  • sprawl (n.) 1719, from sprawl (v.); meaning "straggling expansion of built-up districts into surrounding countryside" is from 1955.
  • sprawl (v.) Old English spreawlian "move convulsively," with cognates in the Scandinavian languages (such as Norwegian sprala, Danish sprælle) and North Frisian spraweli, probably ultimately from PIE root *sper- (4) "to strew" (see sprout (v.)). Meaning "to spread out" is from c. 1300. That of "to spread or stretch in a careless manner" is attested from 1540s; of things, from 1745. Related: Sprawled; sprawling.
sprawl / sprɔːl ; NAmE sprɔːl / verb , noun sprawl sprawls sprawled sprawling verb 1 [intransitive ] (+ adv./prep.) to sit or lie with your arms and legs spread out in a relaxed or awkward way 伸开四肢坐(或躺) He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。 Something hit her and sent her sprawlingto the ground. 不知什么东西击中了她,把她打趴在地上。 I tripped and went sprawling. 我绊了一下,摔了个四脚朝天。 2 [intransitive ] + adv./prep. to spread in an untidy way; to cover a large area 蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展 The town sprawled along the side of the lake. 小镇顺着湖的边缘扩展。 noun 1 [countable ,  usually singular ,  uncountable ] a large area covered with buildings that spreads from the city into the countryside in an ugly way (城市)杂乱无序拓展的地区 attempts to control the fast-growing urban sprawl 为控制城市过快过乱的拓展所作的努力 2 [countable ,  usually singular ] an act of spreading to cover a large area in an untidy way; sth that spreads like this 随意扩展;蔓延;蔓延物 sprawl / sprɔːl ; NAmE sprɔːl /
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