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  • Conjugation : past  spread ; ing  spreading
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

spread [sprεd]
  1. 1. noun [s] (increase) 扩展
  2. 2. noun [s] (range, distribution) 各种
  3. 3. noun [c/u] (on bread) 涂抹酱
  4. 4. noun [c] [inf] (meal) 盛宴
  5. 5. noun [c] [出版, TYP] 横贯两版的篇幅
  6. 6. vt. to spread sth on/over 把某物摊在...上
  7. 7. vt. [+butter, jam etc] 涂
  8. 8. vt. [+wings, arms, sails] 张开
  9. 9. vt. (scatter) 撒
  10. 10. vt. [+workload, wealth] (distribute) 分摊
  11. 11. vt. [+repayments, job losses] (distribute) 把...分期
  12. 12. vt. [+disease] 传播
  13. 13. vi. [news+] 不胫而走
  14. 14. vi. [disease+] 传播
  15. 15. vi. [liquid, gas, fire+] 蔓延
    to spread bread/toast with butter
    把黄油抹在面包/烤面包上

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

spread [sprεd] [spred]
  1. 1. vt. 展开；铺开，张开
  2. 2. vt. 用…涂，敷
    to spread bread with jelly
    用果酱涂在面包上
    to spread butter on toast
    在烤面包片上抹黄油
  3. 3. vt. 散布；撒
  4. 4. vt. 分散
    to spread the wealth
    分产
  5. 5. vt. 展示，陈列
  6. 6. vt. 伸展，伸出（手、脚、翅等）
  7. 7. vt. 使延期（或宽限）
  8. 8. vt. 传播（消息、疾病等）
  9. 9. vt. 在…上铺（或盖）
  10. 10. vt. （为开饭）铺摆（桌子）
  11. 11. vt. 上（菜）
  12. 12. vt. 扩展
  13. 13. vt. [American English] 详细记录
  14. 14. vt. 展宽，延伸（金属等）
  15. 15. vi. 展开；扩大；伸长
  16. 16. vi. 散布
  17. 17. vi. 传（播）开，蔓延开
  18. 18. vi. 展延，延续
  19. 19. vi. 渗开，涂开
  20. 20. noun 扩展，延伸；传播，蔓延
  21. 21. noun 广袤；展度，展性
  22. 22. noun 差距，差额
  23. 23. noun 范围
  24. 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）
  25. 25. noun [American English] 用于覆盖的布料（如桌布、床单或床罩等）
  26. 26. noun [American English] 用于涂抹的食品（如果酱、黄油等）
  27. 27. noun [verbal] （丰盛的）酒席，宴会
  28. 28. noun [verbal] 炫耀；做作
  29. 29. noun （美国西部的）大牧场

Collins English-English Dictionary

spread [sprεd]
  1. 1. vb to extend or unfold or be extended or unfolded to the fullest width
    she spread the map on the table
  2. 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
  3. 3. vb to apply or be applied in a coating
    butter does not spread very well when cold
  4. 4. vb to distribute or be distributed over an area or region
  5. 5. vb to display or be displayed in its fullest extent
    the landscape spread before us
  6. 6. vt. [tr] to prepare (a table) for a meal
  7. 7. vt. [tr] to lay out (a meal) on a table
  8. 8. vt. to send or be sent out in all directions; disseminate or be disseminated
    someone has been spreading rumours
    the disease spread quickly
  9. 9. vt. (of rails, wires, etc) to force or be forced apart
  10. 10. vt. to increase the breadth of (a part), esp to flatten the head of a rivet by pressing, hammering, or forging
  11. 11. vt. [tr] [agriculture] to lay out (hay) in a relatively thin layer to dry
  12. 12. vt. to scatter (seed, manure, etc) over a relatively wide area
  13. 13. vt. [tr; often foll by around] [informal] to make (oneself) agreeable to a large number of people, often of the opposite sex
  14. 14. vt. [phonetics] to narrow and lengthen the aperture of (the lips) as for the articulation of a front vowel, such as (i:) in English see (si:)
  15. 15. n the act or process of spreading; diffusion, dispersal, expansion, etc
    the spread of the Christian religion
  16. 16. n [informal] the wingspan of an aircraft
  17. 17. n an extent of space or time; stretch
    a spread of 50 years
  18. 18. n [informal] [chiefly US and Canadian] a ranch or relatively large tract of land
  19. 19. n the limit of something fully extended
    the spread of a bird's wings
  20. 20. n a covering for a table or bed
  21. 21. n [informal] a large meal or feast, esp when it is laid out on a table
  22. 22. n a food which can be spread on bread, etc
    salmon spread
  23. 23. n two facing pages in a book or other publication
  24. 24. n a widening of the hips and waist
    middle-age spread
  25. 25. n [stock exchange] the difference between the bid and offer prices quoted by a market maker
  26. 26. 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
  27. 27. n [chiefly US] a double option - Compare straddle
  28. 28. n [jewellery] the apparent size of a gemstone when viewed from above expressed in carats
    a diamond with a spread of four carats
  29. 29. adj extended or stretched out, esp to the fullest extent
  30. 30. adj (of a gem) shallow and flat
  31. 31. adj [phonetics] (of the lips) forming a long narrow aperture
  32. 32. adj (of speech sounds) articulated with spread lips
    (I:) in English ``feel'' is a spread vowel
  33. 33. adj [Etymology] Old English sprædan; related to Old High German spreiten to spread, Old Lithuanian sprainas stiff
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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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