| 单词 | cluster |
| 释义 | cluster (once / 347 pages) nv A cluster is a small group of people or things. When you and your friends huddle awkwardly around the snack table at a party, whispering and trying to muster enough nerve to hit the dance floor, you’ve formed a cluster. Cluster comes to us from the Old English word clyster, meaning bunch. Nowadays, you can use cluster as either a noun or a verb. When we were kids, we would stand in a cluster (noun) on the street corner, eagerly awaiting the appearance of the Good Humor truck every afternoon. Then we would cluster (verb) eagerly around the driver, demanding ice cream. Virtually anything can form a cluster — flowers, cells, stars, human beings, and even events. WORD FAMILYcluster: clustered, clustering, clusters+/clustering: clusterings USAGE EXAMPLESThen the class breaks into groups: Newcomers in a small cluster, returning fighters in a larger circle, brandishing their weapons. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Rubin’s thesis in 1954 showed that galaxies are not distributed uniformly throughout the universe, but tend to cluster and rotate around one another. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The sewing companies cluster in several dilapidated neighborhoods around downtown Los Angeles. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a grouping of a number of similar things a cluster of admirers Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper bunch, clump, clustering Northern Cross a cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus Omega Centauria global cluster in the constellation Centaurus Pleiadesa star cluster in the constellation Taurus knot a tight cluster of people or things swada bunch tuft, tussocka bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass wispa small tuft or lock hexenbesen, staghead, witch broom, witches' brooman abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance coma(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds) agglomeration a jumbled collection or mass 2v gather or cause to gather into a cluster Syn|Hypo|Hyper bunch, bunch up, bundle, clump agglomerate form into one cluster form assume a form or shape 3v come together as in a cluster or flock Syn|Hypo|Hyper clump, constellate, flock huddle, huddle together crowd or draw together bunch, bunch together, bunch upform into a bunch assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet collect in one place |
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