spreads

英 [spredz]

美 [spredz]

v.  展开; 打开; 摊开; 使散开; 张开; 伸开
n.  传播; 散布; 扩展; 蔓延; 广泛; 多样; 抹在面包上的东西
spread的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 摊开;铺开
  If youspreadsomething 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 outmeans the same asspread.
     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。
• VERB 伸出，张开,叉开(手臂、双手、手指、双腿等)
  If youspreadyour 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 outmeans the same asspread.
     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。
• VERB 涂;抹;敷
  If youspreada substance on a surface orspreadthe surfacewiththe 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。
• N-MASS 涂抹在面包上的酱
  Spreadis 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
• V-ERG (使)传播;(使)散布;(使)扩散
  If somethingspreadsoris spreadby 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. Spreadis 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。
• V-ERG (使)扩散;(使)散开;(使)蔓延
  If something such as a liquid, gas, or smokespreadsoris 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. Spreadis 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。
• VERB 将…分散(在一段时间内);分期做
  If youspreadsomethingovera 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。
• VERB 分摊;均摊
  If youspreadsomething 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. Spreadis 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。
• N-SING (想法、兴趣等的)广泛，多样
  Aspread ofideas, 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。
• (尤指为某一特殊场合准备的)丰盛饭菜，盛宴
  Aspreadis a large meal, especially one that has been prepared for a special occasion.
• N-COUNT (书籍、杂志、报纸中)横贯两版的篇幅
  Aspreadis 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。
• N-SING (股票的)价差
  Spreadis 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。
• tospreadyourwings→ see:wing

双语例句

• Spreads in the last of these have recently become enormous ( at more than 100 basis points).
  在这3种货币中，英镑的息差近期变得十分巨大（超过了100个基点）。
• As economic power and human prosperity spreads from West to East, Canada's trade orientation is shifting also.
  随着经济实力和人类繁荣从西方扩展到东方，加拿大的贸易方向也开始转移。
• One of the ways the parasite spreads is through fecal matter.
  寄生虫传播的一种方式是通过排泄物。
• It's not cheating. It's the science of how information spreads.
  这不叫作弊，这是信息传播的科学方式。
• Do you have intense interest in point spreads or odds?
  你是否对点扩展函数和机率极为感兴趣？
• Ill news spreads everywhere.; Ill news circulates rapidly.; Ill news goes far off.
  恶事传千里。
• Unlike common stocks, high-quality US preferreds are largely driven by interest rates and credit spreads.
  与普通股不同，高品质美国优先股在很大程度上受到利率和信贷息差的推动。
• Higher asset prices have propped up consumer spending and narrower corporate bond spreads have eased firms'borrowing costs.
  更高的资产价格支撑着消费支出，债券发行范围的收缩也减少了公司的借款成本。
• However, any activity that spreads avian influenza increases the possibility of the emergence of a pandemic virus.
  但是，传播禽流感的任何活动增加了出现一种大流行病毒的可能性。
• Seasonal influenza spreads easily and can sweep through schools, nursing homes or businesses and towns.
  季节性流感很容易传播，可席卷学校、疗养院或企业和城镇。