clutter
英['kl?t?]
美['kl?t?]
- n. 雜亂，混亂
- vt. 使凌亂；胡亂地填滿
- n. (Clutter)人名；(英)克拉特
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?clutters;過去式:?cluttered;過去分詞:?cluttered;現在分詞:?cluttering;
助記提示
1. clot => clutter.
2. clot => clut- + 雙寫t加-er.
中文詞源
clutter 凌亂，塞滿
詞源同clod,clot.即大塊狀的，凌亂的。
英文詞源
- clutter (v.)
- 1550s, "to collect in heaps," variant of clotern "to form clots, to heap on" (c. 1400); related to clot (n.). Sense of "to litter" is first recorded 1660s. Related: Cluttered; cluttering.
- clutter (n.)
- 1570s, "things lying in heaps or confusion," from clutter (v.); the "litter" sense is from 1660s.
雙語例句
- 1. Caroline prefers her worktops to be clear of clutter.
- 卡羅琳喜歡把廚房臺面收拾得整整齊齊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Empty soft-drink cans clutter the desks.
- 空飲料罐胡亂地堆在桌上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Don't clutter the page with too many diagrams.
- 別用太多的圖表來堆砌版面。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The clutter of ships had little room to manoeuvre.
- 船只橫七豎八地擠在一起,幾乎沒有多少移動的空間.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The garage is in such a clutter that we can't find anything.
- 車庫如此凌亂,我們什么也找不到.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》