1. straw => strew.
2. stretch => strew.
3. stretch => PIE root *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" => street, strew, straw, stratum, prostrate.
4. straw: Straw is etymologically something 'strewn' on the floor.
5. straw: Dried grain stalks were commonly scattered over floors as an ancient form of temporary carpeting, and so they came to be termed straw.
6. 区别：strew, stew: 有花儿是播撒，因为只有播撒了种子才会开花发芽，没花儿是炖煮。

strew 布满，散播

来自古英语 strewian,布满，散播，来自 Proto-Germanic*strawjana,散开，散播，来自 PIE*ster, 展开，伸出，词源同 straw,stratum,structure.

1. The racoons knock over the rubbish bins in search of food, and strew the contents all over the ground.

浣熊弄翻垃圾箱找吃的，把垃圾弄得满地都是。

2. Their custom is to strew flowers over the graves.

他们的风俗是在坟墓上撒花.

3. Get up, or I'll strew your brains upon the grass.

起来, 否则我就把你的脑浆洒在这草地上.

4. The Jews are broken and gone ; the fragments of their people strew the world.

犹太人已经支离破碎、风飘云散了. 他们的人七零八落地散到世界各地.

5. Shells of all shapes and sizes strew the long narrow beach.

各种各样的贝壳点缀着狭长的海滩.