strew
verb- [usually passive]
to cover a surface with things synonym scatter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,撒了些枯叶在上面。 - 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
- strew something
to be spread or lying over a surface 布满;撒满;散播在…上
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’.