verb [vt. 及物动词] 展开，打开；张开，伸开（手臂、手指、腿）；扩散，蔓延；传播，传染；散布，（使）流传；（人，动物，植物）分布，分散开来；撒，散播；传递；（脸上）露出，渐渐表现出；涂，敷；分摊，分配；延伸，伸展，扩张；分散（于某一时段内），分期还清（债务）；分散（风险）
If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart. 伸展开 (手臂、手、手指、腿等)
noun [抽象名词] 扩散，蔓延；范围，幅度，种类；延展度，宽度，覆盖面；涂抹食品的酱类；盛宴，酒席；（尤指横贯两版的）文章，广告；<美>床罩；<美>大农场，大牧场；翼展；一大片；（两种价格或比率的）差额，差幅；（两支对抗的运动队之间比分的）差距；（物理，生理）点源能量传播
The greatest hope for reform is the gradual spread of information. 改革的最大希望就是信息的逐渐传播。
adjective [原级] 伸展的
The bird spread its wings. 鸟展开翅膀。
| 过去式 | 过去分词 | 现在分词 |
|---|---|---|
| spread | spread | spreading |
- spread 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）
- Lesson 17 A man-made disease
- Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'
- Lesson 48 Planning a share portfolio
散布(spread)传单给人们看(read)
- 网友用 “Spread” 造句精选
- Market makers earn their livings from the spread between buying and selling prices. 炒股者赚取股票买卖的价格差。
- 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开来。
- The disease is spreading fast. 这种疾病正在迅速蔓延。
- Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching. 坐在地板上，尽可能分开双腿，但不要过度拉伸。
- There seems to be little difference whether you eat all your calorie allowance at once, or spread it over the day. 无论你是一次性吃完全天的卡路里限量还是分散在一天里吃，似乎没多大区别。
- A topic-based approach can be hard to assess in schools with a typical spread of ability. 在以典型的能力多元化为特征的学校里很难评估一种基于话题的教学方法。
- The industrial revolution, which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe, is now spreading across the world. 几百年前始于欧洲的工业革命现在正向全世界扩散。
- The cancer has spread to his stomach. 癌已扩散到他的胃部。