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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   spread

   • IPA[spred]

   美式

   • v.
     open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length；stretch out (arms, legs, hands, fingers, or wings) so that they are far apart
   • n.
     the fact or process of spreading over an area；the extent, width, or area covered by something

   • verb: spread, 3rd person present: spreads, gerund or present participle: spreading, past tense: spread, past participle: spread

   • noun: spread, plural noun: spreads

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length I spread a towel on the sand and sat down she helped Chris to spread out the map 同義詞 lay out, open out, unfurl, unroll, roll out, ... 更多shake out, straighten out, fan out, stretch out, extend, literaryoutspread反義詞 fold up
   • ▪ stretch out (arms, legs, hands, fingers, or wings) so that they are far apart the swan spread its wings
   • 2. extend over a large or increasing area she stood at the window looking at the town spread out below 同義詞 grow, increase, escalate, advance, develop, ... 更多broaden, expand, widen, proliferate, mushroom, metastasize
   • ▪ (of a group of people) move apart so as to cover a wider area the Marines spread out across the docks
   • ▪ distribute or disperse (something) over a certain area volcanic eruptions spread dust high into the stratosphere 同義詞 scatter, strew, disperse, literarybestrew
   • ▪ gradually reach or cause to reach a larger and larger area or more and more people the violence spread from the city to the suburbs she's always spreading rumors about other people 同義詞 disseminate, circulate, pass on, put around, communicate, ... 更多diffuse, make public, make known, purvey, broadcast, publicize, propagate, promulgate, repeat, literarybruit about/abroad反義詞 suppress
   • ▪ (of people, animals, or plants) become distributed over a large or larger area the owls have spread as far north as Yellowknife
   • ▪ distribute (something) in a specified way you can spread the payments over as long a period as you like
   • 3. apply (a substance) to an object or surface in an even layer he sighed, spreading jam on a croissant 同義詞 smear, daub, plaster, slather, lather, ... 更多apply, put, smooth, rub
   • ▪ cover (a surface) with a substance in an even layer spread each slice thinly with mayonnaise 同義詞 cover, coat, layer, daub, smother, ... 更多butter
   • ▪ be able to be applied in an even layer the whipped butter spreads easily
   • 4. archaic lay (a table) for a meal.

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the fact or process of spreading over an area warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease the spread of the urban population into rural areas 同義詞 expansion, proliferation, extension, growth, mushrooming, ... 更多increase, escalation, buildout, advance, advancement, development, dissemination, diffusion, transmission, propagation
   • 2. the extent, width, or area covered by something the male's antlers can attain a spread of six feet 同義詞 span, width, extent, stretch, reach
   • ▪ the wingspan of a bird the red-tailed hawk has a four-and-a-half-foot spread
   • ▪ an expanse or amount of something the green spread of the park 同義詞 expanse, area, sweep, stretch
   • ▪ North American a large farm or ranch.
   • 3. the range or variety of something a wide spread of ages 同義詞 range, span, spectrum, sweep, variety
   • ▪ the difference between two rates or prices the very narrow spread between borrowing and deposit rates
   • ▪ short for point spread
   • 4. a soft paste that can be applied in a layer to bread or other food low-fat spreads cheese spread
   • 5. an article or advertisement covering several columns or pages of a newspaper or magazine, especially one on two facing pages a double-page spread
   • 6. informal a large and impressively elaborate meal his mother laid on a huge spread 同義詞 large/elaborate meal, feast, banquet, repast, informalblowout, ... 更多nosh
   • 7. North American a bedspread a patchwork spread 同義詞 bedspread, bedcover, cover, coverlet, throw, ... 更多afghan, eiderdown, comforter, datedcounterpane

   片語

   • spread oneself too thin