strew
verb/struː/
/struː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they strew | /struː/ /struː/ |
| he / she / it strews | /struːz/ /struːz/ |
| past simple strewed | /struːd/ /struːd/ |
| past participle strewed | /struːd/ /struːd/ |
| past participle strewn | /struːn/ /struːn/ |
| -ing form strewing | /ˈstruːɪŋ/ /ˈstruːɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to cover a surface with things
把…布满（或散布在）；在…上布满（或散播） - strew A on, over, across, etc. B Clothes were strewn across the floor.
衣服扔得满地都是。 - He put the bag on the ground and strewed some dead leaves over it.
他把袋子放在地上，并在上面撒了一些枯叶。 - strew B with A The floor was strewn with clothes.
满地都是衣服。 - The streets were strewn with corpses.
大街上到处都是尸体。 - (figurative) The way ahead is strewn with difficulties.
前面的道路布满艰难险阻。
- strew A on, over, across, etc. B Clothes were strewn across the floor.
- strew something to be spread or lying over a surface
布满；撒满；散播在…上 - Leaves strewed the path.
树叶落满小径。
- Leaves strewed the path.
Word OriginOld English stre(o)wian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch strooien, German streuen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sternere ‘lay flat’.