scatter

vi. 分散，散开；散射

vt. 使散射；使散开，使分散；使散播，使撒播

n. 分散；散播，撒播

中文词源

scatter 分散，散开，撒播

来自中古英语 scateren,分散，散开，可能最终来自 PIE*sek,砍，切，削，词源同 segment,dissect.

scatter: scatter: [13] Scatter originally meant ‘squander’, and appears to have started life as an alteration of shatter. It first appears in northern and Scottish texts, and so the change from /sh/ to /sk/ is probably due to Norse influence. The origins of shatter [12] itself are not known.
=> shatter
scatter (v.): mid-12c. (transitive), possibly a northern English variant of Middle English schateren (see shatter), reflecting Norse influence. Intransitive sense from early 15c. Related: Scattered; scattering. As a noun from 1640s.