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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 spread eagle
 張開翅膀的鷹,美國沙文主義;吹牛,吹噓

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spread, imp. & p. p. of Spread, v.
 Spread eagle. (a) An eagle with outspread wings, the national emblem of the United States. (b) The figure of an eagle, with its wings elevated and its legs extended; often met as a device upon military ornaments, and the like. (c) Her. An eagle displayed; an eagle with the wings and legs extended on each side of the body, as in the double-headed eagle of Austria and Russia. See Displayed, 2.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spread eagle
      n 1: an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the
           obverse of the Great Seal of the United States
      2: a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a
         straight line