Lying or sitting with your arms and legs stretched out loosely, in a way that takes up a lot of space and looks careless, tired or relaxed.

Lying or sitting躺著或坐著 with your arms and legs stretched out loosely手腳鬆散地伸展開來, in a way that takes up a lot of space這種姿勢會佔很大的空間 and looks careless, tired or relaxed看起來隨便、疲憊或放鬆.

It is the past form of 'sprawl', but you meet it most often as a description after 'be' or 'lie': 'he was sprawled on the sofa', 'she lay sprawled across the bed'.

It is the past form of 'sprawl'它是'sprawl'的過去式, but you meet it most often as a description after 'be' or 'lie'不過你最常看到它接在'be'或'lie'後面當形容: 'he was sprawled on the sofa''he was sprawled on the sofa'（他癱躺在沙發上）, 'she lay sprawled across the bed''she lay sprawled across the bed'（她癱躺著橫在床上）.

It carries a picture, not a judgement of character — sometimes it is comfort (a teenager sprawled in front of the TV), sometimes exhaustion (sprawled on the grass after running), and sometimes it is bad news (a body sprawled on the pavement after an accident).

It carries a picture, not a judgement of character它給的是一個畫面，不是對人品的評價 — sometimes it is comfort有時候是舒服 (a teenager sprawled in front of the TV一個青少年癱在電視機前), sometimes exhaustion有時候是精疲力竭 (sprawled on the grass after running跑完步後癱在草地上), and sometimes it is bad news有時候則是壞消息 (a body sprawled on the pavement after an accident車禍後一具倒臥在人行道上的屍體).

It usually goes with a place word: sprawled ON the sofa, ACROSS the seats, OUT on the floor. The related 'sprawl out' means to settle into that position on purpose.

It usually goes with a place word它通常會搭配表示地方的介係詞: sprawled ON the sofasprawled ON the sofa（在沙發上）, ACROSS the seatsACROSS the seats（橫躺在座位上）, OUT on the floorOUT on the floor（攤在地板上）. The related 'sprawl out'相關的'sprawl out' means to settle into that position on purpose則是指故意讓自己擺出這種姿勢.