[with obj.](一般作 be strewn)scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area 撒,散播;散布 a small room with newspapers strewn all over the floor. 报纸扔得满地都是的小房间。 ■(一般作 be strewn with)cover (a surface or area) with untidily scattered things 乱盖,乱铺 the table was strewn with books and papers. 桌上乱放着书和文件。 [as adj., in combination strewn]boulder-strewn slopes. 砾石覆盖的山坡。 ■be scattered or spread untidily over (a surface or area) 零乱地点缀,散布于 leaves strewed the path. 树叶散落在小路上。
派生 strewer noun 语源
Old English stre(o)wian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch strooien, German streuen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sternere 'lay flat'