1. (懶洋洋地)伸開(kāi)四肢坐著(zhù)(或躺著(zhù)) If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way.
e.g. She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up... 他離開(kāi)她后她就攤手攤腳地躺在床上，甚至都懶得往身上蓋點(diǎn)兒東西。 e.g. They sprawled in lawn chairs, snoozing... 他們手腳張開(kāi)地躺在草地躺椅上，打著(zhù)呼嚕。
2. 擴展;延伸 If you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land.
e.g. The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres on the southern tip of Key Biscayne... 州立休閑區在比斯坎島南端，占地 900 多英畝。 e.g. If we continue to sprawl across the land, we're in for a terrible future... 如果繼續擴展地盤(pán)的話(huà)，我們將來(lái)就會(huì )遇到大麻煩。
3. (城市的)雜亂無(wú)章地擴展的地區 You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way.
e.g. The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people. 安卡拉整個(gè)肆意擴展的城區容納了 260 多萬(wàn)人口。
4. 肆意擴展;雜亂無(wú)章地延伸 If something sprawls, its structure is disorganized or it lacks direction.
e.g. Boylan plays with language, letting the prose sprawl about before tightening it suddenly to great effect... 博伊蘭隨心所欲地駕馭著(zhù)語(yǔ)言，先是任文章自由鋪展，然后猛地收住，產(chǎn)生了絕好的效果。 e.g. He keeps forgetting the words and the song is a sprawling mess. 他老是忘詞，歌被唱得亂七八糟。
sprawl英英釋義
noun
1. an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
Synonym: sprawling
2. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
Synonym: conurbationurban sprawl
verb
1. sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
2. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way