四處蔓延：spread怎麼用
Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.
——Francis Bacon
金錢好比糞肥，只有撒到在大地纔是有用之物。
——培根.F
一、下面我們來看看spread有幾種含義
n.
1.傳播 [U]
Crowded conditions favour the spread of disease.
擁擠的條件便於疾病傳播。
2.（塗抹在麪包上的）醬 [U,C]
I want a wholemeal salad roll with low fat spread.
我想要一份塗有低脂醬的全麥色拉麪包卷。
3.豐盛飯菜，盛宴 [C]
Our host had a fine spread waiting for us.
我們的主人準備了盛宴在等我們。
4.伸展；範圍 [U]
The wings of the bird have a 12-inch spread.
這鳥的翼展有十二英寸。
5.蔓延
The situation was complicated by the spread of a serious forest fire.
一場嚴重的森林大火的蔓延使得形勢更加複雜。
v.
1.（使）擴散，（使）散開，（使）蔓延 [I,T]
Fire spread rapidly after a chemical truck exploded.
一輛裝有化學品的卡車爆炸後，火勢迅速蔓延。
2.伸開，張開，展開；攤開，鋪開 [T]
The eagle spread its wings.
鷹展開了雙翅。
3.塗，敷，抹 [T]
He spread butter on his bread
他在麪包上塗黃油。
4.將…分散，分期做 [T]
There seems to be little difference whether you eat all your calorie allowance in one go, or spread it over the day.
不管你是一次性攝入全天的卡路里限量，還是在一天內分次攝入，結果好像沒有多大差別。
5.（使）傳播，（使）散佈 [I,T]
He was fed-up with the lies being spread about him.
關於自己的流言蜚語滿天亂飛，他實在受夠了。
二、下面我們來學習一下含有spread的常見短語
spread out
v. 1.散開，鋪開，展開，攤開 2.分頭行動
centre spread
中心頁跨頁圖
center spread
n. （報刊等的）單跨雙版面，跨頁版面
cheese spread
軟乾酪, 塗抹乾酪
spread over
v. 1.分散；傳開
三、一起來做個填詞遊戲吧
Flies_____disease.
蒼蠅傳播疾病。
