| 释义 |
be·strew
\bə̇, bē+\ transitive verb
(bestrewed or archaic bestrowed ; bestrewed also bestrewn or archaic bestrowed also bestrown ; bestrewing or archaic bestrowing ; bestrews or archaic bestrows)
Etymology: Middle English bestrowen, bestrewen, from Old English bestrēowian, from be- + strēowian, strewian to strew — more at strew
1. : to cover with objects lying scattered about : strew
< with some flowers my grave bestrew — Robert Herrick †1674 >
< a sea of blood bestrewed with wrecks — S.T.Coleridge >
2. : to lie or be scattered over (as an area)
< the isolated farmhouses of today which so liberally bestrew Ordnance Survey maps — J.H.G.Lebon > |