英语单词 | scatter |
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英美音标 | 英 ['skætə(r)] 美 ['skætər] |
中文释义 | vt.散播;撒;驱散 vi.分散;消散 n.散布;零星少量 |
英语例句 | (1) She wanted us to scatter her ashes to the winds. (2) The farmers were scattering seed on the fields. (3) The police scattered the crowd. (4) Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain. (5) When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. (6) The birds scattered at the sound of the gun. (7) She gave the soup a quick scatter of herbs. (8) A scatter of applause reached him when he ended his speech. |
中文例句 | (1) 她希望我们把她的骨灰散播到风中。 (2) 农夫把种子撒在田里。 (3) 警察驱散了人群。 (4) 村庄零零落落地散布在山脚下。 (5) 树倒猢狲散。 (6) 鸟群一听到枪声就四处飞散了。 (7) 她把香料快速撒在汤上。 (8) 演讲结束时他听到稀稀拉拉的掌声。 |
vocabulary简明 | If you hear someone shout "Everybody scatter!” that person wants everyone to spread out and leave the area. Scatter is a verb that means "to separate suddenly and spread out in different directions." |
vocabulary扩展 | Scatter is sometimes used as a noun to refer to something that has been scattered. If you have clothes strewn all over your room, you might say there is a scatter of clothes on the floor. More commonly, though, scatter is used as a verb meaning “to spread about.” You might scatter grass seed on your front lawn in the spring. Scatter can also mean “break up or disperse.” The police, for instance, might scatter an unruly mob or gathering. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]撒;撒播;撒于…上 If you scatter things over an area, you throw or drop them so that they spread all over the area. [V n prep/adv] [V n]
2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(人群)分散;(使)散布在各处;(使)散开 If a group of people scatter or if you scatter them, they suddenly separate and move in different directions. [V] [V n]
3 [N-SING 单数名词](散放的)摊,堆 A scatter of things is a number of them spread over an area in an irregular way. [usu N [LITERARY 文]
4 See also:scattered ;scattering ; |
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