Scatter



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• v. 散开, 驱散
• ［英］ v. 散开, 驱散 ( separate or cause to separate widely)
• ［类］ 反义词: collect ( 收集) ; nucleate ( 聚合)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English scateren, schateren to disperse, break up, destroy; akin to Middle Dutch schaderen to scatter
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to cause to separate widely
    • b. to cause to vanish
  • 2. archaic to fling away heedlessly ; squander
  • 3. to distribute irregularly
  • 4. to sow by casting in all directions ; strew
  • 5.
    • a. to reflect irregularly and diffusely
    • b. to cause (a beam of radiation) to diffuse or disperse
  • 6. to divide into ineffectual small portions
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to separate and go in various directions ; disperse
  • 2. to occur or fall irregularly or at random
• ? scatterer noun
• Synonyms:
  • scatter, disperse, dissipate, dispel mean to cause to separate or break up. scatter implies a force that drives parts or units irregularly in many directions <the bowling ball scattered the pins>. disperse implies a wider separation and a complete breaking up of a mass or group<police dispersed the crowd>. dissipate stresses complete disintegration or dissolution and final disappearance<the fog was dissipated by the morning sun>. dispel stresses a driving away or getting rid of as if by scattering<an authoritative statement that dispelled all doubt>.

II. noun

• Date: 1642
• 1. the act of scattering
• 2. a small quantity or number irregularly distributed or strewn about ; scattering
• 3. the state or extent of being scattered; especially dispersion

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