| 单词 | clutter |
| 释义 | clutter (once / 3409 pages) nv The word clutter can mean a messy jumble of objects. The disorganized clutter of shoes, hats, shirts, belts, jackets, and pants makes it impossible to find a thing in your closet! Clutter can describe all those disorderly random things in your purse, but it can also refer to the random echoes that show up on a radar screen. The echos mix with other desired signals and can make it hard to track everything. As a verb, clutter is what you do when you fill up a space with a crazy mix of objects. You may clutter up the attic when you finally clean out that closet! WORD FAMILYclutter: cluttered, cluttering, clutters, unclutter+/unclutter: uncluttered USAGE EXAMPLESNow the place is cluttered with finished canvases of all sizes and boxes and drawers of smaller paintings and prints. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) I’m an art geek: I wanted to create a space on the web that was free of clutter. Slate(Dec 23, 2016) Call it competitive balance, or a cluttered mess. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1n a confused multitude of things Syn|Hypo|Hyper fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter rummage a jumble of things to be given away disorder, disorderliness a condition in which things are not in their expected places 2n unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen Hyper radar echo an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object disturbance, interference, noiseelectrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication 3v fill a space in a disorderly way Syn|Ant|Hyper clutter up clear, unclutter rid of obstructions clearremove fill, fill up, make full make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
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