scatter

• 名词，指分散、散开或散布的动作或状态，也指少量且分布不均的一群事物或数量。

A noun referring to the act or state of being spread out or dispersed over an area, or a small, irregularly distributed amount or number of things.

1. DispersionB2formal

   The act of spreading things over a wide area.

   散布

   • The scatter of seeds across the field was done by hand.
   • A scatter of papers covered the desk.
   • The scatter of the crowd after the concert was chaotic.

   同义词diffusiondispersaldispersiondisseminationdissipationdistributionscatteringspreading

   反义词accumulationcollectionconcentrationgathering

• 动词，表示把物品撒开或散布到不同方向，也可表示使一群人分散、散开。

A verb used to indicate the act of throwing or distributing things in various directions, or to cause a group to separate and move apart.

1. Throw or spread looselyB1formal

   To throw or drop things in different directions over an area.

   撒

   • The farmer scattered seeds across the field.
   • She scattered rose petals along the aisle.
   • He scattered the papers on the desk in frustration.

   同义词broadcastdispersesowspreadsprinklestrew

   反义词accumulatecollectgather

2. Disperse or separateB1formal

   To move or cause to move in different directions; to break up a group.

   散开

   • The crowd scattered when the rain started.
   • Police ordered the protesters to scatter.
   • The children scattered to find hiding places.

   同义词break updiffusedisbanddispeldispersedissipateseparatesplitspread

   反义词assemblecollectcongregateconvergegatherunite