strew


vt. 散播;撒满

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中文词源

strew 布满,散播

来自古英语 strewian,布满,散播,来自 Proto-Germanic*strawjana,散开,散播,来自 PIE*ster, 展开,伸出,词源同 straw,stratum,structure.

英文词源

strew
strew: see straw
strew (v.)
Old English strewian, streowian "to scatter," from Proto-Germanic *strawjan- (cognates: Old Frisian strewa, Old Saxon strowian, Old Norse stra, Danish strø, Swedish strö, Middle Dutch strowen, Dutch strooien, Old High German strouwen, German streuen, Gothic straujan "to sprinkle, strew"), from PIE root *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see structure (n.)). Related: Strewed; strewn; strewing.

中文解释

1. straw => strew.2. stretch => strew.3. stretch => PIE root *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" => street, strew, straw, stratum, prostrate.4. straw: Straw is etymologically something 'strewn' on the floor.5. straw: Dried grain stalks were commonly scattered over floors as an ancient form of temporary carpeting, and so they came to be termed straw.6. 区别:strew, stew: 有花儿是播撒,因为只有播撒了种子才会开花发芽,没花儿是炖煮。

实用例句

1. The racoons knock over the rubbish bins in search of food, and strew the contents all over the ground.
浣熊弄翻垃圾箱找吃的,把垃圾弄得满地都是。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Their custom is to strew flowers over the graves.
他们的风俗是在坟墓上撒花.
来自辞典例句
3. Get up, or I'll strew your brains upon the grass.
起来, 否则我就把你的脑浆洒在这草地上.
来自辞典例句
4. The Jews are broken and gone ; the fragments of their people strew the world.
犹太人已经支离破碎、风飘云散了. 他们的人七零八落地散到世界各地.
来自辞典例句
5. Shells of all shapes and sizes strew the long narrow beach.
各种各样的贝壳点缀着狭长的海滩.
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