with obj.
1- throw in various random directions撒; 播撒：
scatter the coconut over the icing
在糖霜上撒椰肉丝
his family are hoping to scatter his ashes at sea.
他的家人希望把他的骨灰撒入大海。
1.1
be scattered
usu. with adverbial occur or be found at intervals rather than all together散布; 分散：there are many watermills scattered throughout the marshlands
沼泽地上散布着许多水磨
as adj. scattered a scattered cliff-top community散居在崖顶的群落。
1.2
- (of a group of people or animals) separate and move off quickly in different directions（一群人或动物）散开, 四散：
the roar made the dogs scatter
吼声把狗吓得四散逃开。
1.3
- with obj. cause (a group or people or animals) to act in such a way使散开, 驱散：
he charged across the foyer, scattering people.
他冲过大厅, 把人群赶走。
1.4
- （一般作be scattered with）cover (a surface) with objects thrown or spread randomly over it撒于…上; 散布在…上：
sandy beaches scattered with driftwood.
散落着被海水冲来的浮木的沙滩。
1.5
- Physics deflect or diffuse (electromagnetic radiation or particles)【物理】散射（电磁辐射或粒子）。
1.6
- Baseball pitch (balls) effectively allowing several hits but little or no scoring【棒球】（被击中但没有得分的）有效投（球）。
1
- a small, dispersed amount of something零星散布的东西：
a scatter of boulders round the pothole mouth.
散布在坑穴口周围的零星巨石。
1.1
- mass noun Statistics the degree to which repeated measurements or observations of a quantity differ【统计】（对某一变量作反复测量或观察所得数值的）离差。
1.2
- mass noun Physics the scattering of light, other electromagnetic radiation, or particles【物理】（光、其他电磁波或粒子的）散射。
派生词
scatterer
noun词源
Middle English (as a verb)： probably a variant of SHATTER.