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I [sprɔːl]nome (of suburbs, buildings) espansione f. incontrollataII [sprɔːl]verbo intransitivo [ person] (casually) stravaccarsi, spaparanzarsi; (exhaustedly) crollare; [ town] espandersi in modo incontrollato; [ forest] estendersi* * *[spro:l] 1. verb1) (to sit, lie or fall with the arms and legs spread out widely and carelessly: Several tired-looking people were sprawling in armchairs.) abbandonarsi2) ((of a town etc) to spread out in an untidy and irregular way.) (crescere disordinatamente)2. noun1) (an act of sprawling: He was lying in a careless sprawl on the sofa.) (atteggiamento scomposto)2) (an untidy and irregular area (of houses etc): She lost her way in the grimy sprawl of the big city.) (superficie irregolare)•* * *[sprɔːl]1. vi(person: sit, lie) stravaccarsi, (fall) cadere scompostamente, (town) estendersi in modo incontrollato, (plant) crescere disordinatamentehe sprawled on the sofa, smoking — si stravaccò sul divano fumando
2. nurban sprawl — sviluppo urbanistico incontrollato, espansione urbana tentacolare
a sprawl of buildings lay below them — un gruppo di edifici si estendeva disordinatamente dinanzi ai loro occhi
* * *sprawl /sprɔ:l/n. [uc]3 massa disordinata; gruppo (o sviluppo) irregolare (o incontrollato): urban sprawl, sviluppo incontrollato delle città.(to) sprawl /sprɔ:l/A v. i.2 ( di città, ecc.) crescere (o estendersi) disordinatamente: New suburbs sprawled in all directions, nuovi sobborghi si estendevano disordinatamente in ogni direzioneB v. t.* * *I [sprɔːl]nome (of suburbs, buildings) espansione f. incontrollataII [sprɔːl]verbo intransitivo [ person] (casually) stravaccarsi, spaparanzarsi; (exhaustedly) crollare; [ town] espandersi in modo incontrollato; [ forest] estendersi
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