英语词汇“strew”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINstrew

Origin:

Old English strewian

VERB TABLE

strew

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	strew
	he, she, it	strews
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	strewed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have strewn, strewed
	he, she, it	has strewn, strewed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had strewn, strewed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will strew
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have strewn, strewed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am strewing
	he, she, it	is strewing
	you, we, they	are strewing
Past	I, he, she, it	was strewing
	you, we, they	were strewing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been strewing
	he, she, it	has been strewing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been strewing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be strewing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been strewing

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Diamonds and rare jewels were strewn across the floor as if they had been there for millennia.
Diving below the dusky water's surface I see twenty chairs or so strewn about on the pool floor.
I went into the bedroom first and saw all the drawers pulled out, the clothes strewn everywhere.
Now, outside tightly packed row houses in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, the streets are strewn with debris.
Odd pieces of broken and split machinery were strewn about or propped against the walls.
Scabbards, broken arms, artillery horses, wrecks of gun carriages, and bloody garments strewed the scene.
There was socialist literature strewn about.

Longman Language Activatorwhen people or things are spread over a wide area► scattered

things that are scattered are spread over a large area in an irregular or untidy way: scattered about/over/among etc: · There were books scattered all about their cottage.· Pieces of twisted metal and rusted pipe lay scattered around the yard.

► spread out

things that are spread out are spread over a large area with a lot of space between them: spread out on/among/across: · Diane had her newspaper spread out all over the floor.· Several small cabins were spread out across the property.

► sprawling

spread across a wide area - use this about towns, buildings, or groups of buildings that you think take up too much space and are ugly or unpleasant: · The sprawling conference and resort center even has its own transportation system.· a sprawling city of 2.6 million

► dotted

if a number of things of the same type are dotted around an area, they are spread over it irregularly and unevenly: dotted around/along/here and there etc: · All we saw were a few workmen's cottages dotted here and there along the road.· Picnic tables were dotted among the trees.dotted with: · Their street was dotted with burned-out and boarded-up buildings.

► strewn

spread unevenly in a way that looks very untidy: strewn over/around etc: · Clothes were strewn all over the bedroom floor.strewn with: · Glover's yard was strewn with garbage and builders' debris.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► wreckage is strewn/scattered/spread

· The wreckage was strewn over a large area.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► about

· Odd pieces of broken and split machinery were strewn about or propped against the walls.· There was socialist literature strewn about.· Diving below the dusky water's surface I see twenty chairs or so strewn about on the pool floor.· Information baubles and still usable pop-culture tidbits are strewn about.· And there are flowers in their hair and loose yellow flowers strewn about under their bare feet on the ground.· We were at a little secluded cove, with large boulders strewn about, the debris of some long-past hillside.· The 1995 team saw body parts strewn about callously by the robbers in their mad quest for anything of value.· All the signs of this malaise are here, strewn about like empty Guinness cans on a Sunday morning.

► around

· It's not so much the snow; more the salt that gets strewn around.· The land was flatter here and there were fewer boulders strewn around.· There were clothes strewn around on the floor.· The interior of the stricken aircraft was chaotic, with the passengers' belongings strewn around clogging the gangway.· There are also diamonds strewn around the landscape: collecting 100 earns Turry a continue-play.· Depleted uranium shells used by the Allies are strewn around.· Houshold rubbish and builders waste strewn around some of the most picturesque parts of the forest.

► over

· The wreckage was strewn over an area of 150-yard radius, confirming the official's description.

NOUN► clothes

· The room was strewn with clothes and shoes and bags and stank like a school cloakroom.

► floor

· Diamonds and rare jewels were strewn across the floor as if they had been there for millennia.· I followed him to a room in which bundles of magazines lay strewn on the floor.· The lilac tablecloths were still strewn across the floor where they had been pulled to the ground.· Lots of half-chewed Yorkie plastic distractions are strewn across the floor.· There were clothes strewn around on the floor.· I picked my way through the remains of the cat biryani strewed across the floor.· Empty food dishes were strewn across the floor and two milk bottles were in the bath, one full of solidified milk.· Champagne bottles were strewn about the floor.

► path

· Have you any tips to help me or warnings of difficulties that strew my path?· Crises will strew his path to test his mettle.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► strewn with something

Body bags lay off to one side of the big intersection, while the corridors leading off were strewn with wreckage.
But however great their desire, the path to arms control and detente was strewn with unanticipated obstacles.
His room was strewn with books and papers.
Hyde Park was a green beach strewn with sunbathers.
Lafayette Square was strewn with the stuff of deconstruction: moving vans, cherry pickers, lumber and paper.
Now, outside tightly packed row houses in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, the streets are strewn with debris.
The track-bed was weed-ridden and strewn with rubbish.
We walked across the street, which was strewn with gum wrappers and cigarette butts.