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sprawling 音標拼音: [spr'ɔlɪŋ] sprawling adj 1: spreading out in different directions; " sprawling handwriting"; " straggling branches"; " straggly hair" [ synonym: { sprawling}, { straggling}, { rambling}, { straggly}] n 1: an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [ synonym: { sprawl}, { sprawling}] Sprawl \ Sprawl\ ( spr[ add] l), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Sprawled} ( spr[ add] ld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Sprawling}.] [ OE. spraulen; cf. Sw. sprattla to sprawl, dial. Sw. spralla, Dan. spraelle, spraelde, D. spartelen, spertelen, to flounder, to struggle.] 1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or trees; to spread ungracefully, as chirography. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping. [ 1913 Webster] The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame, down they tumbled. -- L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster] 47 Moby Thesaurus words for " sprawling": accumbent, couchant, couche, crawling, decumbent, deltoid, draped, fan- shape, fan- shaped, fanlike, fanned, fanning, flabelliform, flared, flaring, flat, groveling, lolling, lounging, lying, open, outspread, outstretched, patulous, procumbent, prone, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, reposing, resupine, splay, splayed, splaying, spraddled, spraddling, sprangled, sprangling, sprawled, sprawly, spread, spreading, stretched- out, supine, unfolded, wide- open, widespread
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