spread out

英 [spred aʊt]

美 [spred aʊt]

adj. 分散的; 相隔很远的

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柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 相隔很远的;分散的
If people or things arespread out, they are a long way apart.
1. The Kurds are spread out across five nations.
  库尔德人散居在 5 个国家中。

verb

set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
1. the houses were strung out in a long row
Synonym:string out
spread out or open from a closed or folded state
1. open the map
2. spread your arms
Synonym:unfoldspreadopen
move away from each other
1. The crowds dispersed
2. The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
Synonym:dispersedissipatescatter
turn outward
1. These birds can splay out their toes
2. ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
Synonym:turn outsplayrotate
move outward
1. The soldiers fanned out
Synonym:diffusespreadfan out
extend in one or more directions
1. The dough expands
Synonym:expand
strew or distribute over an area
1. He spread fertilizer over the lawn
2. scatter cards across the table
Synonym:spreadscatter

Their patrols must be too spread out and they lost a lot of units when their base was attacked.
他们的巡逻范围一定是太大了以至于当他们被攻击他们就失去很多的部队。
Others had examined in different directions. The search party spread out over the moor.
其他人四面分散进行了搜索。
She looked at the map that was spread out on the floor.
她看着展开铺在地板上的地图。
That's why we see the colours spread out like a rainbow.
那就是为什么我们看到的颜色像彩虹一样扩散开。
But once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe.
但是，一旦我们进入太空，建立起独立的居住地，我们的未来应当会是安全的。
As we climbed the valley behind us, it spread out marvellously below.
随着我们向上攀登，山谷在身后奇妙地展开。
From a precipitous height we looked at the town spread out below.
我们从险峻的高处眺望铺展在下面的城镇。
Since then, each of us has spread out and created new lives and new networks.
自那以后，我们各自发展，建立新的生活和网络。
After a while leaves slowly spread out, taking one look, then curl up;
过了一会儿，树叶又慢慢地伸展开来，再碰一下，又卷曲起来。
They're spread out all over the city.
他们分散在整个城市中。