strew
/struː/verb
(past participle strewn /struːn/ 或strewed)with obj.(一般作be strewn)
1- scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area撒, 散播; 散布:
a small room with newspapers strewn all over the floor.
报纸扔得满地都是的小房间。
1.1
- (一般作be strewn with)cover (a surface or area) with untidily scattered things乱盖, 乱铺:
the table was strewn with books and papers
桌上乱放着书和文件
as adj., in combination strewn boulder-strewn slopes.砾石覆盖的山坡。
1.2
- be scattered or spread untidily over (a surface or area)零乱地点缀, 散布于:
leaves strewed the path.
树叶散落在小路上。
派生词
strewer
noun词源
Old English stre(o)wian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch strooien, German streuen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sternere 'lay flat'.