| 单词 | scatter |
| 释义 | scat·ter I. transitive verb 1. archaic 2. a. < approaching cars that scattered the players to both sides of the street > < a gust that scattered the pile of leaves in all directions > < heirs who scattered his library of Colonial history by selling the books when they needed money > b. < combating prejudice and scattering the clouds of ignorance — Julius May > 3. < scatter defense factories instead of concentrating them in a single area easily obliterated by one bombing > < a child who scatters his toys all over the house > 4. a. < plant the seed in rows or scatter it over the plot > : disseminate < scatter tracts from train windows — Roger Pippett > < the editors fled … scattering flames of discontent along the way — R.A.Billington > : diffuse < the writers have scattered sentiment and glamor over the story with a lavish hand — Irish Digest > b. (1) < a battle that scattered the field with dead and wounded > < scattered the pages of her book with famous names > (2) < small floating shapes of paper … scattering the water like a countless flock of inch-long ducks — William Sansom > 5. a. b. 6. < was cautious about scattering his strength and frequently had to curb the ambitions of his sons to go into other lines of business — Frank Kent > intransitive verb 1. a. < a flock of pigeons feeding that scattered when a dog approached > b. < clouds scatter after a storm > 2. < that fine chain of lakes which scatter up and down the center of Florida, like bright beads — Marjory S. Douglas > 3. Synonyms: < scatter a mob with tear gas bombs > < scatter seed over a lawn > < the brief yarns scattered so profusely through his first novel — Dayton Kohler > < the serious composer must, through necessity, scatter his energy and diffuse his efforts by spending innumerable hours in teaching — David Ewen > < a shower of dried mud was scattered over her clothes — Ellen Glasgow > disperse usually implies a wider separation and a complete breaking up of a mass or group < the clouds dispersed, driven into fragments by the wind > < the bureau was dismembered, its staff dispersed — V.G.Heiser > < when his simple meal was finished, the Webster family dispersed to entertain itself — Robertson Davies > < the nature of their employment and adjustment tended to disperse the refugees through the whole nation — Oscar Handlin > dissipate stresses the idea of complete disintegration or dissolution, as by evaporation or squandering, and a consequent vanishing < from the far-off wooded hills the haze … had not yet dissipated — D.H.Lawrence > < this hysteria can be dissipated — Kenneth Leslie > < other freedoms will be dissipated along with that of the press — Hal O'Flaherty > dispel stresses the driving away by or as if by scattering, stressing very little the idea of separation of parts < dispel all remnants of your influenza — G.B.Shaw > < dispel the notion that social life is a peculiarity of the higher organisms — A.N.Whitehead > < truth and frankness dispel difficulties — Bertrand Russell > < had not dispelled her apprehension and her distrust — Jean Stafford > Synonym: see in addition strew. II. 1. 2. < there was a scatter of rain on the windows — Dorothy Whipple > < a scatter of applause > 3. 4. III. 1. < scatter analysis > < scatter dose > < scatter arm > 2. IV. 1. slang 2. slang V. |
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