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

"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。
But in time these people spread out over the western hemisphere.
但是这些人最后终于分布到了西半球的各个地方。
A new device was put in the chimney and so no harmful dirty smoke spread out.
一种新的装置装入了烟囱，从而有害的污烟便不再冒出来。
They're spread out all over the city.
他们分散在整个城市中。
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。
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。
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。
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。
It looks like it will be full, so we will have not have extra room to spread out.
看起来航班舱位会很满，所以我们不会有多余的空间来伸展我们的身体。
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。