| 单词 | scattering |
| 释义 | scattering (once / 1355 pages) n WORD FAMILY scattering: scatterings+/scatter: scattered, scattering, scatters USAGE EXAMPLESThe newspaper reports raw turkey packed in the semitrailer was pressed against the front of the train, scattering the meat across the area. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) In May, residents staged a second protest, scattering dead fish on a road in the nearby town of Tagong. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) Defra recommends the scattering of cremation ashes at sea, rather than burial, which alleviates the risk of bodies being washed up. BBC(Dec 18, 2016) 1n a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly the first scatterings of green Syn|Hyper sprinkling small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude 2n spreading widely or driving off Syn|Hypo|Hyper dispersion Diaspora the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time dissipationbreaking up and scattering by dispersion spread, spreading process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space 3n the act of scattering Syn|Hyper scatter, strewing spread, spreading act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time 4n the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions Hyper action, activity, natural action, natural process a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) 5n a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby Syn|Hyper sprinkle, sprinkling rain shower, shower a brief period of precipitation |
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