intersperse
/ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/verb
with obj.(常作 be interspersed)
1- scatter among or between other things; place here and there散布, 散置, 穿插：
interspersed between tragic stories are a few songs supplying comic relief.
在一个个悲剧故事间穿插着几首歌曲权作喜剧性的调剂。
1.1
- diversify (a thing or things) with other things at intervals点缀：
a patchwork of open fields interspersed with copses of pine.
由一片片的小松树林点缀其间的片片田野。
派生词
interspersion
noun词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'diversify (something) by introducing other things at intervals'）： from Latin interspers- 'scattered between'， from interspergere, from inter- 'between' + spargere 'scatter'.