单词 | clutter |
释义 | clut·ter I. transitive verb 1. dialect 2. < 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. b. 2. archaic II. 1. a. < 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. < photographs … propped up amid a clutter of china ornaments — Hamilton Basso > < pushing aside the clutter on the table — Harriet LaBarre > c. 2. now dialect < ladies who were apt to make the greatest clutter upon such occasions — Jonathan Swift > Synonyms: see confusion |
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