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

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。
From a hardware standpoint, these services are spread out over many virtual and physical servers.
从硬件角度看，这些服务可扩展到许多虚拟的和物理的服务器上。
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。
Social stability may be affected as rumours spread out.
随着流言的传播，可能影响到社会稳定。
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。
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。
"I may possibly delay my departure." He spread out his hands.
他张开两手说：我可能要推迟出发了。
With a newly planted tree, the roots have not yet spread out from the root ball.
如果是新栽种的树木，根部还没有从根部球茎中开始扩散。
Overcrowding the plants will mean that the roots cannot spread out and grow.
人满为患的植物将意味着，根不能传播出去和成长。
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。