| 词汇 | sprawl |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： O.E. spreawlian "move convulsively," with cognates in the Scand. languages and N.Fris. spraweli, probably ult. from PIE base *sper- "to strew" (see sprout). Meaning "to spread or stretch in a careless manner" is attested from 1541; of things, from 1745. The noun is first attested 1719; meaning "straggling expansion of built-up districts into surrounding countryside" is from 1955. |
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