bestrew
- IPA[bəˈstro͞o]
美式
- cover or partly cover (a surface) with scattered objects;(of objects) lie scattered over (a surface)
verb: bestrew, 3rd person present: bestrews, gerund or present participle: bestrewing, past tense: bestrewed, past participle: bestrewn
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. literary cover or partly cover (a surface) with scattered objects the bride's train was bestrewn with rose petals
- ▪ literary (of objects) lie scattered over (a surface) sweeping away the sand and rubbish that bestrewed it
- 更多解釋
- IPA[bɪˈstruː]
英式
- cover or partly cover (a surface) with scattered objects: the court was all bestrewn with herbs
Oxford Dictionary