spreading
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you spread something somewhere, you open it out or arrange it over a place or surface, so that all of it can be seen or used easily. 鋪開
She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it. 她把一塊浴巾鋪在沙地上，然后躺在上面。
2. PHRASAL VERB Spread out means the same as . 鋪開 (同)(spread)
He extracted several glossy prints and spread them out on a low coffee table. 他抽出幾張光面照片鋪在一張矮咖啡桌上。
3. V-T If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart. 伸展開 (手臂、手、手指、腿等)
Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching. 坐在地板上，盡可能分開雙腿，但不要過度拉伸。
4. PHRASAL VERB Spread out means the same as . 伸展開
David made a gesture, spreading out his hands as if he were showing that he had no explanation to make. 大衛(wèi)做了個(gè)手勢(shì)，雙手一攤，似乎表示他沒有什么可解釋的。
5. V-T If you spread a substance on a surface or spread the surface with the substance, you put a thin layer of the substance over the surface. 攤; 抹; 敷
Spread the mixture in the cake pan and bake for 30 minutes. 將該混合物攤在蛋糕烤盤里，烤30分鐘。
6. V-T/V-I If something spreads or is spread by people, it gradually reaches or affects a larger and larger area or more and more people. 使擴(kuò)散; 擴(kuò)散; 傳播
The industrial revolution, which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe, is now spreading across the world. 幾百年前始于歐洲的工業(yè)革命現(xiàn)在正向全世界擴(kuò)散。
...the sense of fear spreading in residential neighbourhoods. …在住宅區(qū)蔓延的恐懼感。
7. N-SING Spread is also a noun. 擴(kuò)散; 傳播
The greatest hope for reform is the gradual spread of information. 改革的最大希望就是信息的逐漸傳播。
8. V-T/V-I If something such as a liquid, gas, or smoke spreads or is spread, it moves outward in all directions so that it covers a larger area. 使蔓延; 蔓延
Fire spread rapidly after a chemical truck exploded. 一輛裝有化學(xué)品的卡車爆炸后火勢(shì)迅速蔓延開來。
A dark red stain was spreading across his shirt. 一個(gè)暗紅色的污漬正在他的襯衫上滲開。
9. N-SING Spread is also a noun. 蔓延
The situation was complicated by the spread of a serious forest fire. 形勢(shì)因一場(chǎng)嚴(yán)重的森林火災(zāi)的蔓延而復(fù)雜化了。
10. V-T If you spread something over a period of time, it takes place regularly or continuously over that period, rather than happening at one time. 分散 (于某一時(shí)段內(nèi))
There seems to be little difference whether you eat all your calorie allowance at once, or spread it over the day. 無論你是一次性吃完全天的卡路里限量還是分散在一天里吃，似乎沒多大區(qū)別。
11. V-T If you spread something such as wealth or work, you distribute it evenly or equally. 均分
...policies that spread the state's wealth more evenly. …更加平均地分配國(guó)家財(cái)富的政策。
12. N-SING Spread is also a noun. 均分
There are easier ways to encourage the even spread of wealth. 有更簡(jiǎn)單的方法來促進(jìn)財(cái)富的平均分配。
13. N-SING A spread of ideas, interests, or other things is a wide variety of them. 多樣
A topic-based approach can be hard to assess in schools with a typical spread of ability. 在以典型的能力多元化為特征的學(xué)校里很難評(píng)估一種基于話題的教學(xué)方法。
14. N-COUNT A spread is two pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are opposite each other when you open it at a particular place. (書籍、雜志、報(bào)紙等的) 相對(duì)的兩頁(yè)
There was a double-page spread of a dinner for 46 people. 有一篇關(guān)于46人共進(jìn)晚餐的橫貫兩版的文章。
15. N-SING Spread is used to refer to the difference between the price that a seller wants someone to pay for a particular stock or share and the price that the buyer is willing to pay. (股票買賣的) 價(jià)差[商業(yè)]
Market makers earn their livings from the spread between buying and selling prices. 炒股者賺取股票買賣的價(jià)格差。
16. to spread your wings→see wing
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