scatter

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

scatters

V_ing/Gerund

scattering

V_ed/pp

scattered

1.
(ergative)To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
The crowd scattered in terror.
2.
(transitive)To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
3.
(transitive)(transitive, physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
4.
(intransitive)To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
5.
(transitive)To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
to scatter hopes or plans
6.
(transitive)To be dispersed upon.
Desiccated stalks scattered the fields.
7.
(transitive)(transitive, baseball) Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
8.
(US, slang)To leave.
When the police showed up, I scattered.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

scatters

1.
(countable, uncountable)The act of scattering or dispersing.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A collection of dispersed objects.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English scateren, skateren, also schateren,