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单词 clutter
释义 clut·ter
I. \ˈkləd.ə(r), -ətə-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: alteration of earlier clotter, from Middle English clotteren to clot, from clot + -eren (freq. suffix) — more at clot
transitive verb
1. dialect : to crowd together in disorder
2. : to fill or cover with things in disorder or scattered at random or with things that impede movement or action or reduce effectiveness
 < a cluttered room >
 < an author … may clutter his explanations with digressive evidence that delays the reader — G.W.Sherburn >
— often used with up
 < the roads of France cluttered up with refugees — Henri Peyre >
intransitive verb
1. now chiefly dialect
 a. : to run together in knots or confused crowds : run in disorder
 b. : to make a confused noise : bustle
2. archaic : to speak confusedly or inarticulately : jumble words
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : a crowded or confused mass or collection
  < a clutter of shops and tenements >
  : a mass of disorderly or distracting objects or details
  < pure and noble design, unspoiled by clutter or ornament — E.K.Brown >
  < steaming … seaward among a clutter of sister ships — K.M.Dodson >
 b. : litter, disorder
  < photographs … propped up amid a clutter of china ornaments — Hamilton Basso >
  < pushing aside the clutter on the table — Harriet LaBarre >
 c. : the visual indication on a radar screen of interference or echo from objects other than the target tending to obscure target indication — compare sea return
2. now dialect : turmoil or confusion of movement or activity : disturbance, hubbub : confused noise
 < ladies who were apt to make the greatest clutter upon such occasions — Jonathan Swift >
Synonyms: see confusion
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