spread

中文： 摊开、撑开、打开、舒展

1. To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. (transitive) · He spread his newspaper on the table.
2. To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread (transitive) · I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.
3. To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. (transitive) · I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.
4. To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. (intransitive)
5. To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. (transitive) · The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country.
6. To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. (intransitive) · I dropped my glass; the water spread quickly over the tiled floor.
7. To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. (transitive) · She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot.
8. To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter. (transitive) · He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam.

He/she/it spreads · 过去式 spread · 过去分词 spread · -ing形式 spreading