Question

disperse v.(使)分散,(使)散开,疏散 Imagine yourself standing on a basketball court holding a cup packed tight with marbles. If you turn it over, the marbles will disperse across the floor, moving away from you in all directions. Another word for this is scatter. Don't confuse this word with disburse, which means to distribute money. Remember that false friends disperse when you cease to disburse. 1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）分散；（使）散布 When something disperses or when you disperse it, it spreads over a wide area.   [V]  [V n]The oil appeared to be dispersing...油好像在扩散。The intense currents disperse the sewage...急流冲散了污水。Because the town sits in a valley, air pollution is not easily dispersed.因为小镇坐落在山谷中，空气污染不太容易散去。2[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）散开；分散；驱散 When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions.   [V n]  [V]Police fired shots and used teargas to disperse the demonstrators...警方鸣枪并使用催泪弹来驱散示威者。The crowd dispersed peacefully after prayers.祈祷仪式过后，人们静静散去。

Accepted Answer

[di'spə:s] To make a crowd at a party disperse, you could take away the food, turn off the music and ask for volunteers to clean up. Disperse is to spread out people or things, making them move in different directions. ★★☆☆☆ 2005.0

英语单词	disperse
英美音标	[di'spə:s]
中文释义	v.(使)分散,(使)散开,疏散
vocab简明	To make a crowd at a party disperse, you could take away the food, turn off the music and ask for volunteers to clean up. Disperse is to spread out people or things, making them move in different directions.
vocab扩展	Imagine yourself standing on a basketball court holding a cup packed tight with marbles. If you turn it over, the marbles will disperse across the floor, moving away from you in all directions. Another word for this is scatter. Don't confuse this word with disburse, which means to distribute money. Remember that false friends disperse when you cease to disburse.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）分散；（使）散布 When something disperses or when you disperse it, it spreads over a wide area. [V] [V n] The oil appeared to be dispersing... 油好像在扩散。 The intense currents disperse the sewage... 急流冲散了污水。 Because the town sits in a valley, air pollution is not easily dispersed. 因为小镇坐落在山谷中，空气污染不太容易散去。 2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）散开；分散；驱散 When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions. [V n] [V] Police fired shots and used teargas to disperse the demonstrators... 警方鸣枪并使用催泪弹来驱散示威者。 The crowd dispersed peacefully after prayers. 祈祷仪式过后，人们静静散去。
来源	2005.0

Disperse People Directions Crowd Turn Word V Erg 及物/不及物动词