spread out

英 [spred aʊt]

美 [spred aʊt]

adj. 分散的; 相隔很远的

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柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 相隔很远的;分散的
If people or things arespread out, they are a long way apart.
1. The Kurds are spread out across five nations.
  库尔德人散居在 5 个国家中。

verb

set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
1. the houses were strung out in a long row
Synonym:string out
spread out or open from a closed or folded state
1. open the map
2. spread your arms
Synonym:unfoldspreadopen
move away from each other
1. The crowds dispersed
2. The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
Synonym:dispersedissipatescatter
turn outward
1. These birds can splay out their toes
2. ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
Synonym:turn outsplayrotate
move outward
1. The soldiers fanned out
Synonym:diffusespreadfan out
extend in one or more directions
1. The dough expands
Synonym:expand
strew or distribute over an area
1. He spread fertilizer over the lawn
2. scatter cards across the table
Synonym:spreadscatter

Social stability may be affected as rumours spread out.
随着流言的传播，可能影响到社会稳定。
After a while leaves slowly spread out, taking one look, then curl up;
过了一会儿，树叶又慢慢地伸展开来，再碰一下，又卷曲起来。
Since then, each of us has spread out and created new lives and new networks.
自那以后，我们各自发展，建立新的生活和网络。
As we climbed the valley behind us, it spread out marvellously below.
随着我们向上攀登，山谷在身后奇妙地展开。
The news of shipwreck soon spread out widely.
船只失事的消息很快就广泛地传开了。
Factory buildings spread out over the hillside.
厂房罗列在山坡上。
With a newly planted tree, the roots have not yet spread out from the root ball.
如果是新栽种的树木，根部还没有从根部球茎中开始扩散。
It looks like it will be full, so we will have not have extra room to spread out.
看起来航班舱位会很满，所以我们不会有多余的空间来伸展我们的身体。
Others had examined in different directions. The search party spread out over the moor.
其他人四面分散进行了搜索。
A new device was put in the chimney and so no harmful dirty smoke spread out.
一种新的装置装入了烟囱，从而有害的污烟便不再冒出来。