sprawling

🇬🇧 UK🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Spreading out irregularly over a large area in an untidy way

杂乱蔓延的,不规则扩展的

n.

The act of spreading out in a disorderly fashion

杂乱蔓延的状态

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
sprawlingother
=sprawling

Common Collocations

  • 1.sprawling city蔓延扩张的城市
  • 2.sprawling metropolis庞大的都市
  • 3.sprawling complex规模庞大的建筑群
  • 4.sprawling estate广阔的庄园

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The sprawling city stretched for miles in every direction.

  • 2.

    They built a sprawling ranch house with rooms added over decades.

  • 3.

    The novel is a sprawling epic covering three generations of one family.

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