资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sprawl \Sprawl\ (spr[add]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sprawled}
   (spr[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprawling}.] [OE. spraulen;
   cf. Sw. sprattla to sprawl, dial. Sw. spralla, Dan.
   sp[ae]lle, spr[ae]lde, D. spartelen, spertelen, to flounder,
   to struggle.]
   1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a
      horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out
      ungracefully.

资料来源 : WordNet®

sprawling
     adj 1: spread out irregularly; "sat sprawled in the big armchair";
            "the sprawling suburbs"; "a big sprawly city" [syn: {sprawled},
             {sprawly}]
     2: spreading out carelessly (as if wandering) in different
        directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling
        branches"; "straggly hair" [syn: {straggling}, {straggly}]
     n : an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [syn: {sprawl}]