• vi. 傳播；伸展
• vt. 傳播，散布；展開；伸展；鋪開
• n. 傳播；伸展
• adj. 伸展的

來自古英語 spraedan,張開，展開，來自 Proto-Germanic*spreit,展開，散開，來自 PIE*sper, 播撒，散播，詞源同 spark,sprawl.引申諸相關詞義。

spread

spread: [OE] Spread is a general West Germanic word, with relatives in German spreiten and Dutch speiden. These point back to a common prehistoric ancestor *spraidjan. Where that came from is not clear, although it may have links with Latin spargere ‘scatter, sprinkle’ (source of English aspersion [16] and sparse [18]) and Greek speírein ‘sow’ (a relative of English sperm, spore, etc).

spread (v.)

c. 1200, "to stretch out, to lay out; diffuse, disseminate" (transitive), also "to advance over a wide area" (intransitive); probably from Old English spr?dan "to spread, stretch forth, extend" (especially in tospr?dan "to spread out," and gespr?dung "spreading"), from Proto-Germanic *spreit- (cognates: Danish sprede, Old Swedish spreda, Middle Dutch spreiden, Old High German and German spreiten "to spread"), extended form of PIE root *sper- (4) "to strew" (see sprout (v.)). Reflexive sense of "to be outspread" is from c. 1300; that of "to extend, expand" is attested from mid-14c. Transitive sense of "make (something) wide" is from late 14c. As an adjective from 1510s. Related: Spreading.

spread (n.)

1620s, "act of spreading;" 1690s, "extent or expanse of something," from spread (v.). Meaning "copious meal" dates from 1822; sense of "food for spreading" (butter, jam, etc.) is from 1812. Sense of "bed cover" is recorded from 1848, originally American English. Meaning "degree of variation" is attested from 1929. Meaning "ranch for raising cattle" is attested from 1927.

1. The conditions are ripe for the spread of disease.

這種疾病傳播的條件已經成熟。

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2. Sex education is also expected to help check the spread of AIDS.

人們還希望性教育有助于控制艾滋病的蔓延。

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3. The move follows growing public concern over the spread of the disease.

針對公眾對該疾病的不斷蔓延日益擔憂，從而出臺了這一舉措。

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4. He campaigned for peace and against the spread of nuclear weapons.

他為裁軍運動和反對核武器擴散而奔走。

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5. He was fed-up with the lies being spread about him.

關于自己的流言蜚語滿天亂飛，他實在受夠了。

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