词汇 | spread |
释义 | spread | BrE sprɛd, AmE sprɛd | A. transitive verb past tense, past participle spread ① (open out) 展开 ‹sails›; (lay out) 铺开 ‹groundsheet›▸ to spread one's arms wide 张开双臂 ▸ to spread its tail «peacock» 开屏 ▸ to spread its wings «bird» 展翅 ▸ to spread sth on the table/floor 在桌子/地板上摊开某物 ▸ to spread sth over the furniture (as cover) 把某物盖在家具上 ▸ spread 'em! informal (police command) 手脚伸开! ② (smear) 涂 ▸ to spread sth on sth; 在某物上涂 ‹butter, paste›▸ to spread sth with sth; 在…上涂某物 ‹surface, paper›▸ to spread cream over one's cheeks 把护肤霜涂抹在脸颊上 ▸ to spread butter on the bread 在面包上抹黄油 ③ usually passive (lay, cover) 覆盖 ▸ to be spread with gravel 铺上了砾石 ▸ to be spread with sheets 铺着床单 ▸ the table is spread with cakes/for lunch 桌上摆满了蛋糕/已摆好午饭 ④ (distribute, disperse) 使分散 ▸ seeds are spread by the wind 种子是随风传播的 ▸ to spread the compost/sand evenly 均匀地施堆肥/撒沙子 ▸ to spread mud everywhere 把烂泥弄得到处都是 ▸ to spread the workload fairly 公平地分摊工作量 ▸ to spread resources thinly 分散使用资源 ▸ to be spread all over the country 遍布全国 ⑤ (diffuse) 传播 ▸ to spread gossip 散布流言 ▸ to spread a disease 传播疾病 ▸ the wind spread the fire to … 火借风势蔓延到… ▸ to spread the word 传播消息 ▸ word had been spread among the staff that … 员工们一直在传言说… ⑥ (space out) 分布 ▸ to be spread (out) over several months «meetings» 延续几个月 ▸ five interviews will be spread over three days 将分3天进行5个访谈 B. intransitive verb past tense, past participle spread ① (proliferate) 扩散 ▸ to spread from place to place «fire, fear» 四处蔓延 ▸ to spread to other countries «disease, religion» 传播到其他国家 ▸ water spread across the floor 水漫过了地板 ▸ the settlers began to spread inland 移民们开始向内地迁移 ▸ a smile spread across his face 他脸上露出了笑容 ▸ gossip spreads rapidly 流言传播得很快 ▸ reports were spreading that … 有传闻说… ② (cover area) 延伸 ; (cover time) 延续 ▸ the forest spreads for miles in all directions 这片森林方圆好几英里 ▸ a desert which spreads over the whole of the north of the country 覆盖该国整个北部地区的沙漠 ▸ experience spreading over thirty years 30多年的经验 ③ (be spreadable) «butter, cream» 可以涂抹 ▸ to spread easily 容易涂开 C. to spread oneself reflexive verb past tense, past participle spread ▸ to spread oneself over or across sth 伸展四肢躺在…上 ‹sofa, bed›▸ to spread oneself too thinly figurative informal 样样都抓,哪样都抓不好 D. noun ① uncountable (diffusion) (of information, disease) 传播 ; (of fire, plague) 蔓延 ; (of nuclear weapons) 扩散 ▸ the spread of religion/democracy 宗教/民主思想的传播 ▸ the spread of education/ideas 教育/观念的普及 ▸ the spread of a population into an area 人口向一个地区的迁移 ② countable usually singular (width) 宽度 ; (range) 范围 ▸ the spread of a bird's wings 鸟的翼展 ▸ there is quite a spread in terms of age 年龄段分布相当广泛 ▸ the spread between borrowing and deposit rates (difference) 存贷款利差 ③ countable Journalism 跨数栏的文章 ▸ a double-/full-page spread 横贯两版/整版的文章 ④ uncountable and countable Cooking 酱 ▸ cheese spread 奶酪酱 ⑤ countable informal (assortment of dishes) 丰盛的饭菜 ▸ a magnificent spread 盛宴 ⑥ countable US (ranch) 大牧场 ; (farm) 大农场 ⑦ countable US = bedspreadPHRASAL VERBS spread around, spread about transitive verb [spread sth around] 散布 ‹rumour›▸ it's being spread around that … 有传言说… spread out A. intransitive verb ① (move apart) 散开 ▸ the police spread out to search the hillside 警察分散开来搜索山坡 ② (extend) 延伸 ▸ the woods spread out as far as the eye could see 树林一望无际 B. transitive verb ① [spread sth out, spread out sth] (open out) 摊开 ‹map, cloth›▸ spread one's arms out 张开双臂 ▸ the plans were spread out on the table 设计图摊开放在桌上 ▸ the whole town lay spread out before them 整个小镇都展现在他们眼前 ② [spread sth/sb out, spread out sth/sb] (distribute over area) 使分散 ▸ spread your men out 让你的人散开 ▸ houses were spread out all over the valley 房子零散分布在山谷各处 |
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