spreading

1. VERB 摊开;铺开
   If you spread something somewhere, you open it out or arrange it over a place or surface, so that all of it can be seen or used easily.
   1. She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it...
      她在沙滩上铺了一条毛巾，躺在上面。
   2. His coat was spread over the bed.
      他的外套摊在床上。
   3. Spread out means the same as spread .
      spread out 同 spread
   4. He extracted several glossy prints and spread them out on a low coffee table...
      他掏出几张光面照片，将它们摆在一张矮茶几上。
   5. In his room, Tom was spreading out a map of Scandinavia on the bed.
      房间里，汤姆正将一张斯堪的纳维亚地图在床上铺开。
2. VERB 伸出，张开,叉开(手臂、双手、手指、双腿等)
   If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart.
   1. Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching...
      坐在地板上，在不要拉伤的前提下将双腿尽量分开。
   2. He stepped back and spread his hands wide. 'You are most welcome to our home.'
      他往后退了一步，伸开双手。“非常欢迎你到我们家来。”
   3. Spread out means the same as spread .
      spread out 同 spread
   4. David made a gesture, spreading out his hands as if he were showing that he had no explanation to make...
      戴维做了个手势，摊开双手，好像在说他没有什么可解释的。
   5. You need a bed that's large enough to let you spread yourself out.
      你需要一张能让自己舒展四肢躺着的大床。
3. VERB 涂;抹;敷
   If you spread a substance on a surface or spread the surface with the substance, you put a thin layer of the substance over the surface.
   1. Spread the mixture in the cake tin and bake for 30 minutes...
      将混合物抹在蛋糕烤盘里，烘烤 30 分钟。
   2. A thick layer of wax was spread over the surface...
      表面涂上了厚厚的一层蜡。
   3. Spread the bread with the cheese.
      在面包上抹奶酪。
4. N-MASS 涂抹在面包上的酱
   Spread is a soft food which is put on bread.
   1. ...a wholemeal salad roll with low fat spread.
      涂有低脂酱的全麦色拉面包卷
5. V-ERG (使)传播;(使)散布;(使)扩散
   If something spreads or is spread by people, it gradually reaches or affects a larger and larger area or more and more people.
   1. The industrial revolution which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe is now spreading across the world.
      两百多年前始于欧洲的工业革命目前正在向全世界传播。
   2. ...the sense of fear spreading in residential neighborhoods...
      在住宅小区中蔓延的恐惧感
   3. He was fed-up with the lies being spread about him.
      关于自己的流言蜚语满天乱飞，他实在受够了。
   4. Spread is also a noun.
      
   5. The greatest hope for reform is the gradual spread of information...
      对改革的最大希望是信息能得以逐渐传播。
   6. Thanks to the spread of modern technology, trained workers are now more vital than ever.
      由于现代技术的普及，现在受过培训的工人的作用比以往任何时候都更为重要。
6. V-ERG (使)扩散;(使)散开;(使)蔓延
   If something such as a liquid, gas, or smoke spreads or is spread, it moves outwards in all directions so that it covers a larger area.
   1. Fire spread rapidly after a chemical truck exploded...
      一辆装有化学品的卡车爆炸后，火势迅速蔓延。
   2. A dark red stain was spreading across his shirt...
      一块深红色的污渍正在他的衬衫上渗开。
   3. In Northern California, a wildfire has spread a haze of smoke over 200 miles.
      在加利福尼亚州北部，一场野火产生的烟雾已扩散了 200 多英里。
   4. Spread is also a noun.
      
   5. The situation was complicated by the spread of a serious forest fire.
      一场严重的森林大火的蔓延使得形势更加复杂。
7. VERB 将…分散(在一段时间内);分期做
   If you spread something over a period of time, it takes place regularly or continuously over that period, rather than happening at one time.
   1. There seems to be little difference whether you eat all your calorie allowance in one go, or spread it over the day...
      不管你是一次性摄入全天的卡路里限量，还是在一天内分次摄入，结果好像没有多大差别。
   2. The course is spread over a five week period.
      这门课将持续 5 周时间。
8. VERB 分摊;均摊
   If you spread something such as wealth or work, you distribute it evenly or equally.
   1. ...policies that spread the state's wealth more evenly...
      更加平均地分配国家财富的政策
   2. The loss of jobs has been far more evenly spread across the regions than it was during the early 1980s.
      失业数字在各地区之间的分布要比 20 世纪 80 年代初均衡多了。
   3. Spread is also a noun.
      
   4. There are easier ways to encourage the even spread of wealth.
      有一些更简单的方法可以促进财富的平均分配。
9. N-SING (想法、兴趣等的)广泛，多样
   A spread of ideas, interests, or other things is a wide variety of them.
   1. A topic-based approach can be hard to assess in primary schools with a typical spread of ability...
      因为学生的能力通常差异很大，基于话题的教学方法在小学里评估起来可能很难。
   2. We have an enormous spread of industries, mainly in the Home Counties and East Anglia.
      我们拥有种类繁多的工业，主要位于伦敦周围各郡和东英吉利地区。
10. (尤指为某一特殊场合准备的)丰盛饭菜，盛宴
    A spread is a large meal, especially one that has been prepared for a special occasion.
11. N-COUNT (书籍、杂志、报纸中)横贯两版的篇幅
    A spread is two pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are opposite each other when you open it at a particular place.
    1. There was a double-page spread of a dinner for 46 people.
       有一张横贯两版的、由 46 人参加的宴席的照片。
12. N-SING (股票的)价差
    Spread is used to refer to the difference between the price that a seller wants someone to pay for a particular stock or share and the price that the buyer is willing to pay.
    1. Market makers earn their livings from the spread between buying and selling prices.
       做市商靠赚取买卖价差生存。
13. to spread your wings → see: wing

1. There was general agreement that every effort should be made to prevent the war from spreading.
   人们一致认为应该竭尽全力阻止战事扩大。
2. A cloud of volcanic ash is spreading across wide areas of the Philippines
   火山灰云层正在菲律宾大范围扩散。
3. He accused him of knowingly spreading falsehoods in an effort to blacken my character
   他指控他蓄意散布虚假信息以玷污我的人格。
4. He accused them of knowingly spreading falsehoods about him.
   他指责他们故意散布有关他的谎言。
5. Religious fundamentalism was spreading in the region.
   宗教原教旨主义正在这一地区蔓延。
6. Serve by cutting the scones in half and spreading with jam and lashings of clotted cream.
   吃时将司康饼切半，抹上果酱和大量凝脂奶油。
7. Borrowed combs were said to be the cause of spreading nits from one to another.
   借用梳子据说是虱卵在人之间传播的原因。
8. You could face up to eight years in jail for spreading rumours considered prejudicial to security
   散布危害社会安全的谣言将被判入狱8年。
9. The industrial revolution which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe is now spreading across the world.
   两百多年前始于欧洲的工业革命目前正在向全世界传播。
10. A dark red stain was spreading across his shirt
    一块深红色的污渍正在他的衬衫上渗开。
11. The city's problems are symptomatic of the crisis that is spreading throughout the country.
    该市的问题是正在全国蔓延的危机的征兆显现。
12. Measles, mumps and whooping cough are spreading again because children are not being vaccinated.
    因为孩子们没接种疫苗，麻疹、腮腺炎和百日咳又蔓延开来。
13. Infectious diseases are spreading among many of the flood victims.
    传染病正在遭受洪灾的很多灾民中蔓延。
14. 'It was huge,' he announced, spreading his arms wide
    “它很大很大”，他边说边伸开手臂比划着。
15. These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.
    这些谣言迅速传遍了整座城市。
16. Word has been spreading fast of the incidents on the streets
    有关街头骚乱的消息迅速传播开来。
17. Spreading shades of dusk cover the earth.
    暮色笼住了大地。
18. We must prevent the trouble from spreading.
    我们必须防止这个乱子扩大。
19. Economic development in China is spreading gradually from the east to the west.
    我国经济发展由东向西梯度推进。
20. That scoundrel went to every length, starting rumours, spreading slanders and sowing dissension.
    那家伙造谣诽谤，挑拨离间，无所不用其极。
21. The willows are fresh and green ( or are spreading their shade).
    杨柳依依。
22. They cut down some trees to knock down the fire and prevent it from spreading further.
    他们砍倒了一些树以控制火势，使火不再蔓延开去。
23. The spreading disease infected her eyes, and she became blind.
    她双目染疾，完全失明了。
24. Measures have been taken to prevent the epidemic from spreading quickly.
    已经采取了措施来防止这种流行病迅速蔓延。
25. Basic Characteristics of East Asian Culture and their Interactions in the Spreading Process;
    这对东亚文化圈的巩固和发展起了至关重要的作用。
26. Analysis is given to the problems in spreading the application of concrete hollow blocks in construction.
    对目前砼空心砌块结构推广应用中的存在的问题进行了分析。
27. But despite this success, implementation of the programme could not keep pace with the rapidly spreading virus.
    但是，尽管获得了成功，规划的实施却不能与病毒的快速传播保持同步。
28. It's a verbal virus that's spreading unchecked on TV, radio and in print.
    它是一个正在电视、广播和出版中未受制止地传播的语言病毒。
29. This has been a long-standing problem in Hong Kong and Singapore and is now spreading to other areas.
    这在香港和新加坡是一个长期存在的问题，但现在正蔓延到其它地方。

noun

1. act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

   Synonym:    spread

2. the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

   Synonym:    disseminationairingpublic exposure

3. process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

   Synonym:    spread