scatter
verb uk/ˈskæt.ər/ us/ˈskæt̬.ɚ/
(MOVE)
[ I or T ]散开，分散;使分散，驱散
to (cause to) move far apart in different directions
The protesters scattered at the sound of gunshots. 听到枪声后抗议者便散开了。
The soldiers came in and scattered the crowd. 士兵进来把人群驱散了。
- More examples
- Toss the salad and scatter the nuts on top.
- Scatter the cake with a little caster sugar.
- The wreckage of the car was scattered over the roadside.
- Her ashes were scattered at sea.
- Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a large area.
(COVER)
[ T usually + adv/prep ]撒，撒播，撒于…上
to cover a surface with things that are far apart and in no particular arrangement
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。
Idiom
be scattered to the four windsidiom literary 四散开来;散布在各处
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.
It was the finest collection of paintings in Denmark, but during the last war it was broken up and scattered to the four winds. 这本是丹麦最好的一批藏画，但是在上一次战争中散逸各处。