🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

散落的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sàn luò de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Scattered/ˈskæt.ərd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"风暴过后,散落的树叶覆盖了地面。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Spread out over a wide area; not concentrated.

    "The scattered leaves covered the ground after the storm."
  2. 2

    Occurring in different places; not uniform or organized.

    "The scattered reports from various sources made it difficult to understand the situation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'scattered' originates from the Old English 'sceater', which means to disperse or spread out. It evolved through Middle English as 'scateren', reflecting a gradual shift in meaning from a physical action of spreading to a more abstract sense of disorganization or randomness.

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