Old English strewian, streowian "to scatter," from Proto-Germanic *strawjan- (cognates: Old Frisian strewa, Old Saxon strowian, Old Norse stra, Danish str?, Swedish str?, Middle Dutch strowen, Dutch strooien, Old High German strouwen, German streuen, Gothic straujan "to sprinkle, strew"), from PIE root *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see structure (n.)). Related: Strewed; strewn; strewing.
例文
1. The racoons knock over the rubbish bins in search of food,and strew the contents all over the ground.
アライグマがゴミ箱をひっくり返して食べたものを探して、ごみを地面いっぱいにしました。
2.Their custom is to strew flowers over the graves.
彼らの風習は墓に花を撒くことだ。
3.Get up,or I 'll strew your brains upon the grass.
起きて、さもなくば私はあなたの脳みそをこの芝生にこぼします.
4.The Jews are broken and gone ; the fragments of their people strew the world.
ユダヤ人はすでに支離滅裂で、風が雲のように漂っている。彼らの人々はばらばらに世界各地に散らばった。
5.Shells of all shapes and sizes strew the long narrow beach.