strew

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they strew
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he / she / it strews
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past simple strewed
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past participle strewed
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past participle strewn
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-ing form strewing
🔊/ˈstruːɪŋ/
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  1. [usually passive] to cover a surface with things把…布满(或散布在);在…上布满(或散播) synonym scatter
    • strew A on, over, across, etc. B Clothes were strewn across the floor.衣服扔得满地都是。🔊🔊
    • He put the bag on the ground and strewed some dead leaves over it.他把袋子放在地上,在上面撒了一些枯叶。
    • strew B with A The floor was strewn with clothes.满地都是衣服。🔊🔊
    • The streets were strewn with corpses.大街上到处都是尸体。
    • (figurative) The way ahead is strewn with difficulties.前面的道路布满艰难险阻。🔊🔊
  2. strew something to be spread or lying over a surface布满;撒满;散播在…上
    • Leaves strewed the path.树叶落满小径。🔊🔊
  3. Word OriginOld English stre(o)wian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch strooien, German streuen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sternere ‘lay flat’.