scattered
scattered — adjective
1. positioned far apart from each other across an area, or happening at different t
positioned far apart from each other across an area, or happening at different times with noticeable gaps in between
Eitan lives in a region of scattered villages separated by thick forests.
attributive use before noun: scattered villages
Roya noticed scattered papers all over the floor of the empty office.
attributive use: scattered papers
The audience gave only scattered applause at the end of his talk.
Small farms were scattered across the hillsides behind the town.
Weather reports said there would be scattered showers throughout the morning.
- spread out
more informal and general; suggests things placed at a distance from each other
- dispersed
stronger emphasis on the action of separating; often used for groups of people or animals
- sparse
focuses on low density rather than the arrangement; fewer things present overall
- concentrated
things gathered closely together in one place
- dense
many things close together with little space between them
- continuous
without gaps in time or space
文法句型
scattered + prepositional phrase
scattered + across/throughout/over + noun phrase
用法筆記
Commonly used with prepositions like 'across', 'throughout', and 'over' to describe the area or time range. The temporal sense (e.g. 'scattered applause', 'scattered showers') describes things that happen at irregular intervals rather than continuously.