vt.

1. 驱散，解散；疏散
   The police dispersed the crowd.

   警察驱散了人群。

2. 传播；散发
   The lips of the wise disperse knowledge.

   智者之口传播知识。

3. 使散布；将……安置在不同地点
4. 【物】使色散；【化】使分散

vi.

1. 分散，散开
   After school the children dispersed to their homes.

   放学后孩子们各自回家去。

2. 消散，消失
   The fog was dispersing.

   雾正在消散。

v.

1. go or distribute in different directions or over a wide area.
2. (of gas, smoke, etc.) thin out and disappear.
3. Physics  divide (light) into constituents of different wavelengths.

adj.