| 单词 | scatter |
| 释义 | scatter (skætəʳ ) Word forms: scatters , scattering , scattered 1. verb If you scatter things over an area, you throw or drop them so that they spread all over the area. She tore the rose apart and scattered the petals over the grave. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] They've been scattering toys everywhere. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] He began by scattering seed and putting in plants. [VERB noun] Synonyms: throw about, spread, sprinkle, strew 2. verb If a group of people scatter or if you scatter them, they suddenly separate and move in different directions. After dinner, everyone scattered. [VERB] The cavalry scattered them and chased them off the field. [VERB noun] Synonyms: disperse, separate, break up, dispel 3. singular noun [usually NOUN of noun] A scatter of things is a number of them spread over an area in an irregular way. [literary] On the table was a pile of books and a scatter of papers. 4. See also scattered, scattering Collocations: scatter seed Scatter seed over prepared soil at 1lb per square yard for new lawns and half this rate for worn lawns. The Sun Fill pans with damp seed compost, cover with a thin layer of horticultural sand, then scatter seed evenly. The Sun Then scatter seeds and lightly cover them with dry soil to get good germination. The Sun Factual television hands out facts like scattering seed. Times, Sunday Times In a sheltered, sunny (or lightly shaded) spot with a well-drained soil, scatter seeds in ¼in-deep drills. Times, Sunday Times Release aerosols into the stratosphere to scatter sunlight back to space. Times, Sunday Times Beaches with sand containing high amounts of quartz or eroded limestone also appear white, since quartz and limestone reflect or scatter sunlight, rather than absorbing it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fine particles of the dust remained floating in the stratosphere for years afterwards, where they scattered sunlight and created colours in the sky. Times, Sunday Times Volcanic dust was blasted into the stratosphere and swept around the globe in a veil that scattered sunlight and moonlight into fantastic colours. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 撒 Japanese: ばらまく |
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