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词汇 bestrew
释义 bestrew
verb[ Tusually passive ]
 literaryuk /bɪˈstruː/ us /bɪˈstruː/bestrewed | bestrewn or bestrewed
to lie covering a surface, or to cover a surface with things that are far apart and in no particular arrangement: 撒于…的表面;散布在;覆盖
During the festival, the city streets are bestrewn with flowers.节日期间,城市街道上摆满了鲜花。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to lie on the surface of someone or something
coverSnow covered the ground.
overlayClicking this button will overlay your map with satellite images of the terrain.
blanketThe fields were blanketed with early-morning mist.
enshroudThe mountaintops were enshrouded in a thick veil of cloud.
buryThe shed was completely buried by rubble.
be carpeted with somethingThe aisle was carpeted with rose petals.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Covering and adding layers
additive
asphalt
bind
blanket
blindfold
blindfolded
film
film over
gum
gum something up
inlaid
lag
retread
seasoned
slap
slap something on
smother something in/with something
spackle
tent
wax

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Spreading and scattering

Examples of bestrew


bestrew
The floors of these buildings are bestrewn with relics of helpless gods….
The glen was beginning to bestrew itself with want of light, instead of shadows; and bushy places thickened with the imperceptible growth of night.
From Project Gutenberg
Without any signs of dizziness or staggering, he walked between the boulders which bestrew the path.
From Project Gutenberg
The ragged prickly gorse and huge boulders, which bestrewed the pass about the foot of the cross, furnished unusual hiding places.
From Project Gutenberg
By and by came the unsparing train-boy on his rounds, bestrewing the passengers successively with papers, magazines, fine-cut tobacco, and packages of candy.
From Project Gutenberg
Then bestrew it with bread crumbs moistened in melted butter and set into the oven to brown.
From Project Gutenberg
Their apartment was bestrewn with jewelry, laces, silks, velvets, and every fanciful elegance of fashion; but they looked troubled.
From Project Gutenberg
She would have bestrewn the whole earth with the words of her son, and she looked into the doctor's face with eyes ready to beg.
From Project Gutenberg
No large dark areas like the diaphragm exist there, but the smaller patches of blue-green which bestrew them proved to be similarly meshed.
From Project Gutenberg
The trees bestrew the ground or have disappeared, torn away, their stumps mangled.
From Project Gutenberg
The trees looked mournful, with their yellow leaves bestrewing the ground.
From Project Gutenberg
Bestrew it, too, with a chopped anchovy or two, or more, if you are fond of anchovies.
From Project Gutenberg
His clothes were scattered around the room, and mateless shoes bestrewed the floor.
From Project Gutenberg
Torn banners, a crown and other trophies of victorious generalship, bestrew the ground.
From Project Gutenberg
All the discrepancies which bestrew ordinary life are absent.
From Project Gutenberg
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