Scattered describes things that are spread out loosely and unevenly over an area, or a situation with infrequent occurrences over time or space. It can also mean covered or sprinkled with something.
Scattered describes things that are spread out loosely and unevenly over an area, or a situation with infrequent occurrences over time or space. It can also mean covered or sprinkled with something.
[ADJ 形容词]分散的;七零八落的;疏疏落落的Scattered things are spread over an area in an untidy or irregular way.
[ADJ n]
He picked up the scattered toys...
他收拾好扔得到处都是的玩具。
Tomorrow there will be a few scattered showers...
明天局部地区将会有阵雨。
The fridge door was open and food was scattered across the floor.
冰箱门开着,食物散落在地板上。
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[ADJ 形容词]遍布着…的;到处都是…的 If something is scattered with a lot of small things, they are spread all over it.
[v-link ADJ with n]
Every surface is scattered with photographs.
每面都贴满了照片。
Oxford
scat·tered/ˈskætəd; NAmEˈskætərd/adjectivespread far apart over a wide area or over a long period of time 分散的;零散的;疏落的◆a few scattered settlements几个分散的村落◆sunshine with scattered showers晴,间有零星阵雨◆Her family are scattered around the world.她的家人散居在世界各地。scat·tered/ˈskætəd; NAmEˈskætərd/
LDC
scatteredscat‧tered /ˈskætəd $ -ərd/ adjective
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spread over a wide area or over a long period of timescattered over/throughout/across/around etc Broken glass lay scattered over the floor.scattered with The sky was scattered with stars. There will be some scattered showers (=short periods of rain) in the afternoon. a widely scattered set of islands
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scattered
[ˈskætəd]
原型:scattered 是 scatter 的过去式和过去分词
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分散的(70%),稀疏的(30%)
adj.分散的;散乱的
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