sprawl

既定 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/spɹɔːl/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

An ungainly sprawling posture. / A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.

日本語の意味

不格好に広がる体勢、または、無秩序に伸び広がる様子 / 都市の郊外などでの、住宅などが無造作に広がる様子や状態

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His sprawl on the couch left little room for anyone else.

彼のソファでのだらしなく体を広げた姿は、他の人が座る余地をほとんど残さなかった。

詳細

意味（1）

An ungainly sprawling posture.

意味（2）

A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.

He briefly compares the relative merits of providing for that growth by the usual method of urban sprawl and by directing it into suburban satellite communities with the integrity preserved and comes out strongly for the latter method.

詳細

意味（3）

(wrestling, martial arts) A defensive technique that is done in response to certain takedown attempts, where one scoots the legs backwards so as to land on the upper back of the opponent.

sprawls （ plural ）