spread-eagle

短语

vi. 手脚伸展, 作横一字型 vt. 横跨 a. 夸张的, 像张着翅的鹰的

发音

US

词形变化

spread-eagled spread-eagles 三单 spread-eagles spread-eagling spread-eagling 现在分词 spread-eagled 过去式 spread-eagled 过去分词 more spread-eagle 比较级 most spread-eagle 最高级

别名

spreadeagle

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To put one's body in a spread eagle.

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated.

  2. 2.

    Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic.

    非正式 幽默

    a spread-eagle orator

    a spread-eagle speech

词汇关系

词源

From splayed-eagle (in heraldry), splayed + eagle.

来源:wiktionary