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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- spread [sprεd]
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1.
noun
[s]
(increase) 扩展
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2.
noun
[s]
(range，distribution) 各种
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3.
noun
[c/u]
(on bread) 涂抹酱
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4.
noun
[c]
[inf]
(meal) 盛宴
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5.
noun
[c]
[出版, TYP]
横贯两版的篇幅
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6.
vt.
to spread sth on/over 把某物摊在...上
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7.
vt.
[+butter, jam etc]
涂
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8.
vt.
[+wings, arms, sails]
张开
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9.
vt.
(scatter) 撒
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10.
vt.
[+workload, wealth]
(distribute) 分摊
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11.
vt.
[+repayments, job losses]
(distribute) 把...分期
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12.
vt.
[+disease]
传播
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13.
vi.
[news+]
不胫而走
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14.
vi.
[disease+]
传播
- 15. vi. [liquid, gas, fire+] 蔓延
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1.
noun
[s]
(increase) 扩展
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- spread [sprεd] [spred]
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1.
vt.
展开；铺开，张开
- 2. vt. 用…涂，敷
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3.
vt.
散布；撒
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4.
vt.
分散
- to spread the wealth
- 分产
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5.
vt.
展示，陈列
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6.
vt.
伸展，伸出（手、脚、翅等）
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7.
vt.
使延期（或宽限）
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8.
vt.
传播（消息、疾病等）
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9.
vt.
在…上铺（或盖）
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10.
vt.
（为开饭）铺摆（桌子）
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11.
vt.
上（菜）
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12.
vt.
扩展
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13.
vt.
[American English]
详细记录
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14.
vt.
展宽，延伸（金属等）
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15.
vi.
展开；扩大；伸长
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16.
vi.
散布
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17.
vi.
传（播）开，蔓延开
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18.
vi.
展延，延续
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19.
vi.
渗开，涂开
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20.
noun
扩展，延伸；传播，蔓延
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21.
noun
广袤；展度，展性
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22.
noun
差距，差额
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23.
noun
范围
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24.
noun
[American English]
（报刊上登大广告等时的）跨页；（报刊上的）整页文章（或广告等）
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25.
noun
[American English]
用于覆盖的布料（如桌布、床单或床罩等）
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26.
noun
[American English]
用于涂抹的食品（如果酱、黄油等）
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27.
noun
[verbal]
（丰盛的）酒席，宴会
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28.
noun
[verbal]
炫耀；做作
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29.
noun
（美国西部的）大牧场
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1.
vt.
展开；铺开，张开
Collins English-English Dictionary
- spread [sprεd]
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1.
vb
to extend or unfold or be extended or unfolded to the fullest width
- she spread the map on the table
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2.
vb
to extend or cause to extend over a larger expanse of space or time
- the milk spread all over the floor
- the political unrest spread over several years
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3.
vb
to apply or be applied in a coating
- butter does not spread very well when cold
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4.
vb
to distribute or be distributed over an area or region
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5.
vb
to display or be displayed in its fullest extent
- the landscape spread before us
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6.
vt.
[tr]
to prepare (a table) for a meal
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7.
vt.
[tr]
to lay out (a meal) on a table
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8.
vt.
to send or be sent out in all directions; disseminate or be disseminated
- someone has been spreading rumours
- the disease spread quickly
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9.
vt.
(of rails, wires, etc) to force or be forced apart
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10.
vt.
to increase the breadth of (a part), esp to flatten the head of a rivet by pressing, hammering, or forging
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11.
vt.
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12.
vt.
[tr]
[agriculture]
to lay out (hay) in a relatively thin layer to dry
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13.
vt.
to scatter (seed, manure, etc) over a relatively wide area
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14.
vt.
[tr;
often foll by around] [informal] to make (oneself) agreeable to a large number of people, often of the opposite sex -
15.
vt.
[phonetics]
to narrow and lengthen the aperture of (the lips) as for the articulation of a front vowel, such as (iː) in English see (si:)
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16.
n
the act or process of spreading; diffusion, dispersal, expansion, etc
- the spread of the Christian religion
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17.
n
[informal]
the wingspan of an aircraft
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18.
n
an extent of space or time; stretch
- a spread of 50 years
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19.
n
[informal]
[chiefly US and Canadian]
a ranch or relatively large tract of land
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20.
n
the limit of something fully extended
- the spread of a bird's wings
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21.
n
a covering for a table or bed
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22.
n
[informal]
a large meal or feast, esp when it is laid out on a table
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23.
n
a food which can be spread on bread, etc
- salmon spread
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24.
n
two facing pages in a book or other publication
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25.
n
a widening of the hips and waist
- middle-age spread
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26.
n
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27.
n
[stock exchange]
the difference between the bid and offer prices quoted by a market maker
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28.
n
the excess of the price at which stock is offered for public sale over the price paid for the same stock by an underwriter
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29.
n
[chiefly US]
a double option - Compare straddle
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30.
n
[jewellery]
the apparent size of a gemstone when viewed from above expressed in carats
- a diamond with a spread of four carats
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31.
adj
extended or stretched out, esp to the fullest extent
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32.
adj
(of a gem) shallow and flat
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33.
adj
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34.
adj
[phonetics]
(of the lips) forming a long narrow aperture
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35.
adj
(of speech sounds) articulated with spread lips
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( I: ) in English ``feel'' is a spread vowel
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36.
adj
[Etymology]
Old English spr
æ dan; related to Old High German spreiten to spread, Old Lithuanian sprainas stiff
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1.
vb
to extend or unfold or be extended or unfolded to the fullest width
Examples
- spread out
- 展开；蔓延 → out
- to spread icing over cake
- 糕点上撒糖霜 → over
- to spread the wealth
- 分产 → spread
- to spread butter on toast
- 在烤面包片上抹黄油 → spread
- to spread bread with jelly
- 用果酱涂在面包上 → spread
- You could see the poor plant weakening day by day as the insects spread through its rhizome.
- 害虫已经蔓延到根茎，你可以感觉到这可怜的植物一一天天地衰弱下去。 → weaken
- Some companies spread a report to improve their business.
- 一些公司散布传言说要改善业务。 → report
- During the Crusades, Western Europe tried to contain the spread of Islam.
- 十字军东征期间，西欧各国设法遏制伊斯兰势力的扩张。 → contain
- to cast/spread one's net wider
- 抛开/撒开大网 → net
- to spread bread/toast with butter
- 把黄油抹在面包/烤面包上 → spread
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