The children strew flower petals along the garden path.
孩子们把花瓣撒在花园小路上。
After the storm, broken branches were strewn across the entire neighborhood, making it nearly impossible to drive through the streets.
暴风雨过后,断裂的树枝散落在整个社区,几乎无法在街道上通行。
莎士比亚在《哈姆雷特》(Hamlet)中,奥菲莉亚的葬礼上有"strew"一词的使用,皇后说道:"Sweets to the sweet. Farewell! I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife; I thought thy bride-bed to have decked, sweet maid, and not have strewed thy grave."
约翰·弥尔顿在《利西达斯》(Lycidas)中写道:"Strew me the ground with daffadowndillies",用花朵铺地来表达哀悼之情。
济慈在《圣艾格尼丝之夜》(The Eve of St. Agnes)中也使用了该词来描绘华丽的场景布置。