spread

• vi. 传播；伸展
• vt. 传播，散布；展开；伸展；铺开
• n. 传播；伸展
• adj. 伸展的

来自古英语 spraedan,张开，展开，来自 Proto-Germanic*spreit,展开，散开，来自 PIE*sper, 播撒，散播，词源同 spark,sprawl.引申诸相关词义。

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

2. a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures;

"gap between income and outgo"

"the spread between lending and borrowing costs"

3. farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

4. a haphazard distribution in all directions

5. a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers

6. a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed;

"a banquet for the graduating seniors"

"the Thanksgiving feast"

"they put out quite a spread"

7. two facing pages of a book or other publication

8. the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age);

"she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread"

9. decorative cover for a bed

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

spread

spread: [OE] Spread is a general West Germanic word, with relatives in German spreiten and Dutch speiden. These point back to a common prehistoric ancestor *spraidjan. Where that came from is not clear, although it may have links with Latin spargere ‘scatter, sprinkle’ (source of English aspersion [16] and sparse [18]) and Greek speírein ‘sow’ (a relative of English sperm, spore, etc).

spread (v.)

c. 1200, "to stretch out, to lay out; diffuse, disseminate" (transitive), also "to advance over a wide area" (intransitive); probably from Old English sprædan "to spread, stretch forth, extend" (especially in tosprædan "to spread out," and gesprædung "spreading"), from Proto-Germanic *spreit- (cognates: Danish sprede, Old Swedish spreda, Middle Dutch spreiden, Old High German and German spreiten "to spread"), extended form of PIE root *sper- (4) "to strew" (see sprout (v.)). Reflexive sense of "to be outspread" is from c. 1300; that of "to extend, expand" is attested from mid-14c. Transitive sense of "make (something) wide" is from late 14c. As an adjective from 1510s. Related: Spreading.

spread (n.)

1620s, "act of spreading;" 1690s, "extent or expanse of something," from spread (v.). Meaning "copious meal" dates from 1822; sense of "food for spreading" (butter, jam, etc.) is from 1812. Sense of "bed cover" is recorded from 1848, originally American English. Meaning "degree of variation" is attested from 1929. Meaning "ranch for raising cattle" is attested from 1927.

scatter, disperse, spread, diffuse

这些动词均含"使分散，使散开"之意。

scatter： 普通用词，指用暴力等手段使人或物向四处散开，或把物随意撒开。

disperse： 多指把一群人或物等彻底驱散。

spread： 指一直延伸、蔓延，侧重遍及。

diffuse： 指光线、声音或气味等在空中传送或散布，强调覆盖面积与物质分布相对密度之间的关系。

spread, circulate, distribute, propagate

这些动词均含"传播，散播"之意。

spread： 普通用词，使用广泛。指传播疾病、思想、文化、习惯或谣言等。

circulate： 既指某物在一物体内循环流动，又可指在一定范围内传播物品、刊物或思想、语言等。

distribute： 指把一定数量的东西分成若干等份进行分发。

propagate： 指自觉地努力推广，也指宣传或散布。

The fashion for teams is also spreading from the usual corporate suspects ( ' , such as GE and IBM) to some more unusual ones.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The evening meal carries the full burden that used to be spread over two meals, says Counihan.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Of all those trends, however, the spread of water shortages poses the most immediate threat.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

In spite of such temporary measures, soaring food prices and spreading hunger in many other countries are beginning to break down the social order.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Obviously, I did what any professional writer would do; I hurried off to spread the good news.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

His insistence on putting users first, and focusing on elegance and simplicity, has become deep-rooted in his own company, and is spreading to rival firms too.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

Cheating can spread like a disease.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

The project is a growing one and is spread from the park to the school and the shopping center.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

"The evening meal carries the full burden that used to be spread over two meals," says Counihan.

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

And the rain is spread out over more days than those cities.

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Obviously, I did what any professional writer would do; I hurried off to spread the good news.

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

That is the conclusion of a new study that looked at how respiratory viruses spread on airplanes.

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

The spread of epidemics to their homeland.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

But while the number of advertisements may have dipped, there has been a rapid spread of eco-labeling.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

But frequently untreated human waste harvested from lavatories is delivered to farms and spread as fertilizer.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

In emerging economies, rural communities are bypassing the wires and wooden poles that spread power.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Canadian scientists have found a worrisome new example of the power that birds have to spread stuff around.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

As American research universities begin to resemble profit centers and entertainment complexes, it's easy to lose sight of their primary mission; to produce and spread knowledge.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

Spread their influence among top research institutions.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

They would help to spread a fatal disease.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Both strains quickly invaded local hospitals when needle sharing and other unhealthy practices ensured the rapid spreading of the infection by bringing people into contact with contaminated body fluids.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

If the virus had been capable of spreading through the air, or if one infected person had unknowingly entered a large population center, Ebola might have become a worldwide epidemic

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Hospital workers in at least one case deserted their workplace in panic, thus halting the administering of potentially unclean disease spreading injections, but Ebola has not disappeared.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

But towards late afternoon, rain will spread from Scotland to cover most parts by midnight.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Its popularity has spread form Europe, both east and west, to such countries as Brazil and Japan

出自-2010年6月听力原文

In emerging economies, rural communities are bypassing the wires and wooden poles that spread power.

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

It is believed to have originated in South America in the early 1900s, and later spread to Europe before crossing over to sub-Saharan Africa.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

Ogbeh says experts are investigating how to control the pests damage and prevent its spread, which has gone largely unchecked until now.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

Schubert says, "International collaboration is a way to spread ideas in wider and wider circles."

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

And if it works, the idea could spread to other parts of the country.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 听力 原文

Arts have a gradually spreading effect.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文

Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on the New York time's website.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Both locally and globally, the continued spread of full-sun coffee plantations (种植园) could mean the destruction of the rainforest ecology.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

But now that information is being spread and monitored in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

But the disease is making a comeback, caused by a growing anti-vaccine movement and misinformation that is spreading quickly.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

By tracking people's e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

However, by midday, it will become cloudy in most areas, with rain spreading generally from the west.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 听力 原文

If successful, the electric bicycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza Hotels in the UK, the hotel said in a statement.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

It limits the spread of new growing techniques.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

Others build a large, clear mass of non-living jelly-lie material and spread themselves over it.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Pahlsson and her husband now think the ring probably got swept into a pile of kitchen rubbish and was spread over the garden, where it remained until the carrot's leafy top accidentally sprouted through it.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 语法填空 原文

She hoped to spread her message of hope and awareness.

2017年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

Simple improvements to infrastructure 基础设施can reduce the spread of disease.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The day itself is on October 21, but since it has caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The next time you feel the urge to spread the latest news, thing about why you want to gossip and what effects your "juicy story" might have.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

They tolerate long, slow journeys to and from work on packed highways because they can work, entertain themselves or sleep on the ride, which encourages urban spread.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Usually, gossip spreads information about a topic-breakups, trouble at home, even dropping out-that a person would rather keep secret.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Some attributed virtually every important cultural achievement to the inventions of a few, especially gifted peoples that, according to diffusionists, then spread to other cultures.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

The idea is intuitively compelling,but it doesn’t explain how ideas actually spread.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

If left to themselves, such trends will diminish the relative strength of the English language in international education markets as the demand for educational resources in languages, such as Spanish ,Arabic or Mandarin grows and international business process outsourcing in other language such as Japanese, French and German, spreads.

出自-2017年考研翻译原文

From career to community and family, these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath of the searing Great Recession, those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of Amer

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Offering up such a theory during a time of high tension between scientific and religious minds was branded as heresy, and any such heretics that continued to spread these lies were to be punished by imprisonment or even death.

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Renaissance ideas had spread throughout Europe well into the 17th century, with the arts and sciences flourishing extraordinarily among those with a more logical disposition.

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The idea is intuitively compelling, but it doesn't explain how ideas actually spread.

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The relationship was also stronger in places where happiness was spread more equally.

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Then there's the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before, with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

to spread a cloth on a table

在桌上铺桌布

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Sue spread the map out on the floor.

休在地板上摊开地图。

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The bird spread its wings.

鸟展开翅膀。

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Papers had been spread out on the desk.

各种报纸摊在书桌上。

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She spread her arms and the child ran towards her.

她张开双臂，孩子向她跑来。

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The disease spreads easily.

这种疾病容易传播。

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Within weeks, his confidence had spread throughout the team.

短短几个星期，他的信心感染了全体队员。

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Use of computers spread rapidly during that period.

在那个时期，计算机的应用迅速流传开来。

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to spread rumours/lies about sb

散布关于某人的谣言 / 谎言

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The disease is spread by mosquitoes.

这种疾病通过蚊子传播。

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The fire rapidly spread to adjoining buildings.

大火迅速蔓延到了邻近的建筑物。

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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。

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His coat was spread over the bed.

他的外套摊在床上。

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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。

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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。”

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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。

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A thick layer of wax was spread over the surface...

表面涂上了厚厚的一层蜡。

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...a wholemeal salad roll with low fat spread.

涂有低脂酱的全麦色拉面包卷

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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。

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...the sense of fear spreading in residential neighborhoods...

在住宅小区中蔓延的恐惧感

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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。

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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。

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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。

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The course is spread over a five week period.

这门课将持续 5 周时间。

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...policies that spread the state's wealth more evenly...

更加平均地分配国家财富的政策

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

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