新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

spread

英  [spred]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • spreads

    1[SING 单数型名词] 扩散 , 传播

    The spread of something is when something gradually affects or reaches a larger and larger area or more and more people.

    双语例句

    例:

    The greatest hope for reform is the gradual spread of information.

    改革的最大希望就是信息能得以逐渐传播。

    例:

    Thanks to the spread of modern technology, trained workers are now more vital than ever.

    由于现代技术的普及,当代训练有素的工人比以往任何时候都至关重要。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 蔓延

    The spread of something is when it moves outwards in all directions so that it covers a larger area.

    双语例句

    例:

    The situation was complicated by the spread of a serious forest fire.

    一场严重的森林火灾的蔓延使得形势更加复杂。

    3[SING 单数型名词] 均分

    The spread of something such as wealth or work is its even or equal distribution.

    双语例句

    例:

    There are easier ways to encourage the even spread of wealth.

    有一些更简单的方法可以促进财富的平均分配。

    4[SING 单数型名词] (想法、兴趣等的)广泛 , 多样

    A spread of ideas, interests, or other things is a wide variety of them.

    近义词

    range

    双语例句

    例:

    A topic-based approach can be hard to assess in schools with a typical spread of ability.

    因为学生的能力通常差异很大,基于话题的教学方法在学校里评估起来可能很难。

    5[C 可数名词] (书籍、杂志、报纸等的)横贯两版的篇幅

    A spread is two pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are opposite each other when you open it at a particular place.

    双语例句

    例:

    There was a double-page spread of a dinner for 46 people.

    有一篇横贯两版的、由46人参加的宴席的照片。

    6[SING 单数型名词] (股票买卖的)价差

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Market makers earn their livings from the spread between buying and selling prices.

    炒股者靠赚取股票买卖的价格差而生活。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • spread out

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 铺开(同)spread)

    Spread out means the same as spread.

    双语例句

    例:

    He extracted several glossy prints and spread them out on a low coffee table.

    他抽出几张光面照片,将它们摆在一张矮咖啡桌上。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] 伸展开(同)spread)

    Spread out means the same as spread.

    双语例句

    例:

    David made a gesture, spreading out his hands as if he were showing that he had no explanation to make.

    大卫做了个手势,双手一摊,似乎表示他没有什么可解释的。

    3[PHRASAL 短语] 散开

    If people, animals, or vehicles spread out, they move apart from each other.

    双语例句

    例:

    Felix watched his men move like soldiers, spreading out into two teams.

    费利克斯看着他的下属像士兵一样移动,散开成两队。

    4[PHRASAL 短语] (城市、森林等)延伸 , 扩展

    If something such as a city or forest spreads out, it gets larger and gradually begins to covers a larger area.

    双语例句

    例:

    Cities such as Tokyo are spreading out.

    像东京这样的城市正在扩展。

    VERB. 动词
  • spreads , spreading , spread

    1[T 及物动词] 铺开

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it.

    她把一块浴巾铺在沙地上,然后躺了上去。

    2[T 及物动词] 伸展开(手臂、手、手指、腿等)

    If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart.

    双语例句

    例:

    Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching.

    坐在地板上,尽可能分开双腿,但不要过度拉伸。

    3[T 及物动词] 摊 , 抹 , 敷

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Spread the mixture in the cake tin and bake for 30 minutes.

    将该混合物抹在蛋糕烤盘里,烤30分钟。

    4[I 不及物动词] 使扩散 , 扩散 , 传播

    If something spreads or is spread by people, it gradually reaches or affects a larger and larger area or more and more people.

    近义词

    circulate

    反义词

    contain

    双语例句

    例:

    The industrial revolution, which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe, is now spreading across the world.

    几百年前发轫于欧洲的产业革命现正在向全球扩散。

    例:

    the sense of fear spreading in residential neighbourhoods.

    在住宅区蔓延的恐惧感。

    例:

    He was fed-up with the lies being spread about him.

    关于自己的流言蜚语满天乱飞,他实在受够了。

    5[I 不及物动词] 使蔓延 , 蔓延

    If something such as a liquid, gas, or smoke spreads or is spread, it moves outwards in all directions so that it covers a larger area.

    双语例句

    例:

    Fire spread rapidly after a chemical lorry exploded.

    一辆装有化学品的卡车爆炸后火势迅速蔓延开来。

    例:

    A dark red stain was spreading across his shirt.

    一块暗红色的污渍正在他的衬衫上渗开。

    例:

    In Northern California, a wildfire has spread a haze of smoke over 200 miles.

    北加州一场野火的烟雾弥漫了200多英里。

    6[T 及物动词] 分散(于某一时段内)

    If you spread something over a period of time, it takes place regularly or continuously over that period, rather than happening at one time.

    双语例句

    例:

    There seems to be little difference whether you eat all your calorie allowance at once, or spread it over the day.

    无论你是一次性摄入全天的卡路里限量还是在一天内分次摄入,似乎没多大区别。

    7[T 及物动词] 均分

    If you spread something such as wealth or work, you distribute it evenly or equally.

    双语例句

    例:

    policies that spread the state's wealth more evenly.

    更加平均地分配国家财富的政策。

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