1.[t]~ sth (out) (on/over sth)展开；打开to open sth that has been folded so that it covers a larger area than before
to spread a cloth on a table在桌上铺桌布
Sue spread the map out on the floor.休在地板上摊开地图。
The bird spread its wings.鸟展开翅膀。
2.[t]~ sth (out) (on/over sth)摊开；使散开to arrange objects so that they cover a large area and can be seen easily
Papers had been spread out on the desk.各种报纸摊在书桌上。
3.[t]~ sth (out)张开；伸开to move your arms, legs, fingers, etc. far apart from each other
She spread her arms and the child ran towards her.她张开双臂，孩子向她跑来。
4.[i][t]传播；散布；（使）流传to affect or make sth affect, be known by, or used by more and more people
The disease spreads easily.这种疾病容易传播。
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。
Use of computers spread rapidly during that period.在那个时期，计算机的应用迅速普及开来。
to spread rumours/lies about sb散布关于某人的谣言╱谎言
The disease is spread by mosquitoes.这种疾病通过蚊子传播。
5.[i][t]（使）蔓延，扩散，散开to cover, or to make sth cover, a larger and larger area
The fire rapidly spread to adjoining buildings.大火迅速蔓延到了邻近的建筑物。
Water began to spread across the floor.水开始漫过地板。
A smile spread slowly across her face.微笑慢慢在她脸上绽开。
Using too much water could spread the stain.用水太多可能使污迹扩散。
6.[t]~ sb/sth使分散；使分布to cause sb/sth to be in a number of different places
Seeds and pollen are spread by the wind.种子和花粉是随风传播的。
We have 10 000 members spread all over the country.我们有 1 万名成员分布在全国各地。
7.[i]~ (out) + adv./prep.延伸；伸展；扩张to cover a large area
The valley spread out beneath us.山谷在我们下方延伸。
8.[t][i]涂；敷to put a layer of a substance onto the surface of sth; to be able to be put onto a surface
to spread butter on pieces of toast在烤面包片上抹黄油
pieces of toast spread with butter抹了黄油的烤面包片
If the paint is too thick, it will not spread evenly.油漆如果太稠就涂不均匀。
9.[t]分（若干次）进行；由（若干人）分摊to separate sth into parts and divide them between different times or different people
Why not pay monthly and spread the cost of your car insurance?你为什么不把汽车保险费按月分期支付呢？
A series of five interviews will be spread over two days.一共五次面谈，分两天进行。
We attempted to spread the workload between the departments.我们试图把工作分摊给各部门。
They have spread their net far and wide in the search for a new team coach.他们撒开网四处物色新的球队教练。
They have spread their net far and wide in the search for a new team coach.他们撒开网四处物色新的球队教练。
1.[u]传播；散布；扩展；蔓延an increase in the amount or number of sth that there is, or in the area that is affected by sth
to prevent the spread of disease防止疾病的传播
to encourage the spread of information促进信息的传播
the spread of a city into the surrounding areas城市向周边地区的扩展
2.[c][ususing]广泛；多样a range or variety of people or things
a broad spread of opinions各种各样的意见
3.[c][u]抹在面包上的东西a soft food that you put on bread
Use a low-fat spread instead of butter.不要抹黄油，抹点低脂肪的东西吧。
cheese spread奶酪酱
4.[c][ususing]~ (of sth)涉及区域；活动范围the area that sth exists in or happens in
The company has a good geographical spread of hotels in this country.该公司在这个国家开设的饭店地理分布相当广。
5.[c][ususing]~ (of sth)宽度；面积；翼展how wide sth is or the area that sth covers
The bird's wings have a spread of nearly a metre.这只鸟翼展近一米。
6.[c]（尤指横贯两版的）文章，广告an article or advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, especially one that covers two opposite pages
The story continued with a double-page spread on the inside pages.这篇报道在报纸的内页有横贯两版的后续部分。
7.[c](informal)丰盛的餐食a large meal, especially one that is prepared for a special occasion
They had laid on a huge spread for the party.他们为聚会安排了丰盛的食物。
8.[c][ususing]~ (of sth)区域；一大片an area of land or water
a vast spread of water浩瀚的水域
They have a huge spread in California(= a large farm or ranch ) .他们在加利福尼亚拥有大片的土地。
9.[u]（两种价格或比率的）差额，差幅the difference between two rates or prices
of chickenpox at my son's school which spread like wildfire until nearly half the children caught it.
我儿子的学校里突然爆发的水痘象野火般迅速传开来，差不多有一半孩子染上了。
I'm trying to brew the most gorgeous color all the time. I truly believe that it is about to penetrate outwards and spread around.
我一直在努力酝酿一种最为绚烂的色彩，我相信它就要渗透出来，蔓延开来。
Presumably known since the Advent of animal husbandry, butter has long been used as a cooking fat and as a spread.
做为一种食物，可能在纪元开始时豢养动物的人就已知道。奶油长期以来用来涂敷食物或烹饪。
Virtual distribution is far cheaper, and marketing tends to be too, since games often spread "virally" among friends on social networks.
而虚拟化的发行更是便宜，市场营销也一样低成本，因为游戏通常在社区的朋友间大量扩散。
If such grassroots efforts do not spread and intensify, nation states may not be able to resolve the differences that exist between them.
如果草根大众的努力不够广泛、强烈，掌权人就不会解决与民众间的差异。
Red Shirt leaders told reporters they were ready to negotiate if the army ends its efforts to forcibly curtail the spread of protests.
红衫军领导人对媒体记者说，如果军方停止强行收缩示威范围，他们随时可以谈判。
We sent her to the hospital, and the doctors diagnosed colon cancer; it had spread everywhere.
我们立即送她去医院，医生诊断为直肠癌，已扩散至全身。
You are one of a kind; therefore, no one can really predict what heights you might soar, even you will not know until you spread your wings.
只有你自己才了解自己，所以除了你自己，没有谁能够真正知道你能飞多高，甚至只有直到你展翅飞翔后你才知道。
"Going forward" is so infectious that it has spread from inarticulate bankers and analysts to people who once had a fine way with words.
“Goingforward”传染性很强，它已经从不善言辞的银行家和分析师那里，波及到那些一度擅长用词的人们。
Almost immediately, the word began to spread that an alien craft crashed on the small Argentinean town.
相当快，这种称外星人的飞船坠毁的说法开始蔓延在这个阿根廷的小镇上。
At the time, doctors not involved in his case said the most likely reason was that his pancreatic cancer had spread to his liver.
当时，没有参加他手术的医生们表示最可能的原因是他的胰腺癌已经扩散到了他的肝脏。
It is often argued that they need to look for a portfolio of countries, in order to spread business risk.
它往往辩称，他们需要寻求一个投资组合的国家，在以抵御业务的风险。
He spread his hands out to them as if he were giving them a blessing.
他伸开双手仿佛要祝福他们一样。
There was a tiny tumour, but it had not spread.
病人身上只是生一个很小的肿瘤，并没有扩散。
And then as the Libyan revolution spread, he made bombs and smuggled weapons into Tripoli to help overthrow the Qaddafi government.
利比亚革命爆发后，他亲自制作炸弹并走私武器到的黎波里帮助反抗军去推翻卡扎菲政府。
He said the companies studied were spread across the globe.
他同时表示，研究涉及的公司遍及全球各地。
developed it into a beautiful dance form with a strong local flavor, which spread widely among themselves.
朝鲜民族把它发展为富有民族色彩的、优美的舞蹈形式，在民间广泛流传。
Cancellation of Arts and Sciences Division, and that the title of the sea we are now is not to a greater spread it?
取消文理分科，那我们现在的题海不是要蔓延得更大了吗？
He spread the photostatted military map out on the forest floor and looked at it carefully.
他在森林的地面上摊开影印的军用地图，仔细端详。
Spread in the brain any voice that reach, just up and down the Han bone send out of the collision voice is still so irritating to the ear.
脑海中传来阿凡达的声音，只是上下颌骨发出的碰撞声依然那么刺耳。
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