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strew

/stroo/US // stru //UK // (struː) //

划线,抛出,抛出橄榄枝,抛出的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    strewed, strewn [stroon] /strun/ or strewed, strew·ing.

    • : to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle: to strew seed in a garden bed.
    • : to cover or overspread with something scattered or sprinkled: to strew a floor with sawdust.
    • : to be scattered or sprinkled over: Sawdust strewed the floor.
    • : to spread widely; disseminate: to strew rumors among the troops.

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Examples

  • The developers said hidden Easter eggs and references will be strewn about, but were adamant that this is a new story focusing on new relationships and characters.

  • Bloodstained backpacks and charred notebooks lay strewn among their dead bodies.

  • In Speed Golf and Battle Golf you fill up the energy meter by picking up coins strewn across the course.

  • In one building, parts of the ceiling were strewn across the floor.

  • Selecting the Olympic gymnastics team is a bit like a Swarovski crystal-strewn game of “choose your own adventure.”

  • Pour on a wine-glassful of Sauterne or vin de Grave, and strew over it some Spanish pimento.

  • Salt and pepper these highly, and strew over it finely chopped onion and parsley.

  • It is her duty to open the eastern doors of the palace of the sun, and to strew the path of Apollo, the sun god, with roses.

  • And she went to strew the flowers still left over Catherine's grave.

  • These she was to strew in front of the lodge, leaving only a small path uncovered by them.