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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Our banks, however, were spread out over most of the fifty states-and all over the world.
我们的银行散布在五十个州的大多数州里&而且散布在世界各地。
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。