vt.散播；撒；驅散

vi.分散；消散

n.散布；零星少量

She wanted us to scatter her ashes to the winds. 她希望我們把她的骨灰散播到風中。

The farmers were scattering seed on the fields. 農夫把種子撒在田里。

Let's try not to scatter food or drink on the table. 別把飯或湯撒到桌上。

The police scattered the crowd. 警察驅散了人群。

Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain. 村莊零零落落地散布在山腳下。

When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. 樹倒猢猻散。

The birds scattered at the sound of the gun. 鳥群一聽到槍聲就四處飛散了。

A scatter of applause reached him when he ended his speech. 演講結束時他聽到稀稀拉拉的掌聲。

scatter的基本含義是“驅散,撒播”,指用暴力或其他力量將原本聚集在一起的人或事物四散開來,或將大量的東西隨意拋出,使其散落,如播種等,其賓語可以是摸得著的,也可以是無法觸摸的。

scatter可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,后接名詞或代詞作賓語。可用于被動結構。用作不及物動詞時也可表示“自行散去”。