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sprawling
adjective
uk /ˈsprɔː.lɪŋ/ us /ˈsprɑː.lɪŋ/
(of a city) covered with buildings across a large area, often ones that have been added gradually over a period of time: （尤指城市建筑）杂乱无序的，散乱延伸的
sprawling suburbs蔓延的郊区
Somewhere in this sprawling metropolis, there is a secret military laboratory.在这个杂乱大都市的某个角落，有一个秘密的军事实验室。
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sprawl
We pulled into a sprawling industrial complex.
The sprawling medical school campus is on the grounds of a former naval academy.
She moves into Manuela's tiny shack in one of the city's sprawling slums.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Spreading and scattering
all over the placeidiom
bedaub
bell
bestrew
billow
dispersion
disseminate
distribution
dotted around
dredge
dusting
encroach on/upon something
rambling
scattered
scatteringly
slap something on
slather
smear
smudge
sprinkle
sprawling | American Dictionary
sprawling
adjective
us/ˈsprɔ·lɪŋ/
existing or reaching over a large area:
the sprawling city of Los Angeles
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