散开

fan out

disperse

falloff

ravel

scatteration

unravel

dispersedness

divergence(-cy)

scatter

to extend

散开[sànkai]

-diffuse;spreadoutorapart;disperse;scatter:
Thechildrenscatteredinalldirections.孩子们四处散开。
Thecrowddispersed.人群纷纷散开。

警察一到，人群就向四面八方散开了。
When the police arrived, the crowd scattered in all directions.

我编织的东西散开了。
My knitting has unravelled.

人群散开了。
The crowd dispersed (in all directions).

人群纷纷散开。
The crowd dispersed.

部队向前推进时呈扇形散开
The troops fanned out as they advanced.

士兵们在山腰上成扇形散开，搜索那个男人。
The soldiers fanned out across the hillside in their search for the man.