sprawl /ˈsprɔl/
(vi.)伸開手足躺,爬行,蔓生,蔓延(vt.)懶散地伸開,使蔓生
Sprawl v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprawled p. pr. & vb. n. Sprawling.]
1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or trees; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.
3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame, down they tumbled. --L'Estrange.
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sprawl
n : an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [syn: sprawling]
v 1: sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way;
"Branches straggling out quite far" [syn: straggle]