scatter
UK ['skæt.ər] US ['skætˌ.ɚ] verb
MOVE 移动
ADVANCED intransitive or transitive
■to (cause to) move far apart in different directions 散开，分散；使分散，驱散•The protesters scattered at the sound of gunshots.听到枪声后抗议者就鸟兽散了。 •The soldiers came in and scattered the crowd.士兵进来把人群驱散了。
UK ['skæt.ər] US ['skætˌ.ɚ] verb
COVER 覆盖
transitive usually + adverb or preposition
■to cover a surface with things that are far apart and in no particular arrangement 撒，撒播，撒于…上•Scatter the powder around the plants.把这种药粉撒在植物周围。 •I scattered grass seed all over the lawn.我将草籽撒在整个草坪上。 •I scattered the whole lawn with grass seed.我在整个草坪上都撒下草籽。
UK ['skæt.ər] US ['skætˌ.ɚ] verb
be scattered to the four winds literary
■If a group of things or people are scattered to the four winds, they go or are sent to different places that are far away from each other 四散开来；散布在各处•It was the finest collection of paintings in Denmark, but during the last war it was broken up and scattered to the four winds.这是丹麦最好的一批藏画，但是在上一次战争中亡佚了。 |