sprawl
/sprɔːl/
- vi.
- 伸开手足躺，爬行，蔓生，蔓延
- vt.
- 懒散地伸开，使蔓生，使不规则地伸展
- n.
- 伸开手足躺卧姿势
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 原始日耳曼语Proto-Germanic约前 500–公元 200 年
派生
- 英语English
sprawl
词源说明
From Middle English spraulen, from Old English spreawlian (“move convulsively”), ultimately through a Proto-Germanic form cognate with *spreutaną (“to sprout”) from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”). Compare North Frisian spraweli, Norwegian sprala, Swedish sprala.
释义
动词verb
- 1To sit with the limbs spread out.
- 2To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.
- 3(wrestling, martial arts) To scoot the legs backwards, so as to land on the upper back of an opponent attempting a takedown.