| 单词 | scattered |
| 释义 | scattered (once / 176 pages) adj When things are scattered, they’re spread out all over the place. If the forecast calls for scattered showers, it’ll rain here and there. Items lying at random intervals and at some distance from each other can be described as scattered. Your birthday cake might be scattered with sprinkles, and the floor of your little sister's room might be scattered with Lego blocks. Another meaning of scattered is "messy" or "disordered" — you can describe yourself as scattered if you're feeling disorganized and confused. The word scatter is probably related to shatter, "break into pieces," from a Middle English root. WORD FAMILYscatter: scattered, scattering, scatters+/scattering: scatterings USAGE EXAMPLESToday, about 400,000 Israelis live in approximately 150 settlements scattered across the West Bank. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) More than two dozen sirens scattered in cities from Orting to the Port of Tacoma would activate. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) There are 150 Blessed Sacrament nuns scattered across the country and abroad, including 50 in Philadelphia and others in New Orleans, Arizona, Haiti and Jamaica. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj lacking orderly continuity scattered thoughts Syn confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, unconnected incoherent without logical or meaningful connection 2adj occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space scattered showers scattered villages Syn distributed spread out or scattered about or divided up |
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