| 单词 | litter |
| 释义 | litter (lɪtəʳ ) Word forms: litters , littering , littered 1. uncountable noun B2 Litter is rubbish that is left lying around outside. If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up. On Wednesday we cleared a beach and woodland of litter. Synonyms: rubbish, refuse, waste, fragments 2. uncountable noun A litter of things is a quantity of them that are lying around in a disorganized way. He pushed aside the litter of books and papers and laid two places at the table. [+ of] Synonyms: jumble, mess, disorder, confusion 3. verb If a number of things litter a place, they are scattered untidily around it or over it. Glass from broken bottles litters the pavement. [VERB noun] Synonyms: clutter, mess up, clutter up, be scattered about littered adjective [ADJ prep/adv] The entrance hall is littered with toys and wellington boots. Concrete purpose-built resorts are littered across the mountainsides. 4. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE with noun] If something is littered with things, it contains many examples of it. History is littered with men and women spurred into achievement by a father's disregard. [+ with] Charles' speech is littered with lots of marketing buzzwords like 'package' and 'product'. [+ with] 5. countable noun A litter is a group of animals born to the same mother at the same time. ...a litter of pups. [+ of] 6. uncountable noun Litter is a dry substance that you put in the container where you want your cat to go to the toilet. Collocations: drop litter They drop litter because no one challenges them. Times, Sunday Times (2011) One in five men dropped litter compared with one in eight women. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Three-quarters of the population think dropping litter has no excuse. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Some wartime debris litter the area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The gang were escaping in a stolen car when it hit a barrier and somersaulted at 3.30am - littering the area with flurries of banknotes. The Sun Broken plates littered the area by the pool. canada.com Thousands of artillery shells, most of them un-exploded, littered the area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Today, the original townsite gravel roads remain, and debris litters the area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Flip-flops, lost in the panic, and discarded water bottles litter the road. Times, Sunday Times Debris and crushed cars litter the road. Times, Sunday Times And with pot-holes littering the roads, stone-damaged windscreens could see that number rise. The Sun Obviously, they'd littered the road with glass. Times, Sunday Times Traffic lights, billboards and street lamps littered the roads. The Star (South Africa) Bins and rubbish litter the street. Times, Sunday Times Those who cannot get into the camps must resort to the dilapidated camper vans that litter the streets. Times, Sunday Times Their anti-social behaviour - rowdy singing, fighting and littering the streets - came close to sparking riots last year. The Sun It's a mess: horse muck and rubbish litters the streets; the buildings rise high and list precariously over the cobblestones. Times, Sunday Times Days of street fighting have left bodies littering the streets. Times, Sunday Times We need a government champion for roadside litter who has real teeth to get things done, delivering actions, not words. Times, Sunday Times As a result, items which used to make up around 40% of roadside litter now represent about 6%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Prisoners may often work on community projects, such as roadside litter cleanup with the state department of transportation or wilderness conservation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Studies show that beverage container legislation has reduced total roadside litter by between 30% and 64% in the states with bottle bills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They will be told not to throw litter and not to take off their shoes on aircraft. Times, Sunday Times If you throw litter from your car, you can be fined, but only if the prosecuting authority can prove it was you. Times, Sunday Times Empty bins, don't throw litter, behave responsibly, don't feed the gulls. Times, Sunday Times I don't like the way people throw litter from their car windows and have no time for other human beings. The Sun As everyone knows, throwing litter out the car window doesn't mean it disappears. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 垃圾, 一窝 Japanese: ごみ rubbish, 動物の一腹子 offspring |
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