
好词典

源自中古英语 scateren,与古挪威语 skatra(分散)同源,可能模仿物体散落时的声音。
❶ 使分散或撒开,指将物体或人群向不同方向抛洒或驱散的动作。常用于描述种子、纸张或人群的分散状态。
“The farmer scatters seeds across the field.”
(农民把种子撒播在田地里。)
“Wind scatters the leaves all over the yard.”
(风把树叶吹散到整个院子里。)
❶ 零星分布的事物,指分散在不同位置的少量物品或个体。常用于统计学或描述不集中的分布状态。
“There were scatters of snow on the mountain peaks.”
(山顶上零星分布着积雪。)
“The map shows scatters of ancient ruins in this area.”
(地图显示该区域有零星的古代遗迹分布。)
scatter plot — 散点图,统计学中用于显示两个变量之间关系的图表,每个点代表一个数据值。
“The researcher used a scatter plot to show the correlation between income and education level.”
(研究人员用散点图展示收入与教育程度之间的相关性。)
scatter brained — 形容人注意力分散、健忘或思维跳跃的状态,通常带有幽默或轻微的批评意味。
“She's so scatter brained that she forgot her keys three times this week.”
(她太健忘了,这周已经三次忘记带钥匙。)