单词 | declutter |
释义 | decluttern. colloquial (chiefly British). An instance of removing unnecessary items from an untidy, cramped, or overcrowded place. ΚΠ 2000 Citizen (Gloucester) 20 Jan. 64/4 Have a mammoth declutter before viewers come round. 2005 Metro 31 Jan. (London ed.) (Metroplus section) 8/1 [She] admits being overwhelmed by the confusion on her desk which, to even a non-expert eye, is crying out for a declutter. 2012 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 11 Aug. d6/1 If the thought of a stem-to-stern declutter is too overwhelming, focus on the one room you spend the most time in. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). declutterv. 1. transitive and intransitive. To remove unnecessary items from (an untidy, cramped, or overcrowded place). Also figurative. ΚΠ 1950 Vogue June 45 De-clutter your living room. 1986 D. Aslett & L. A. Simons Make your House do Housework v. 34/1 Any project will be slowed..if you constantly have to fight your way to it through a mountain of clutter. First—declutter. 2000 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 5 Jan. Tomorrow, we show you how to declutter your mind and your surroundings to bring about greater health and well-being. 2006 Independent 20 Jan. 23/1 In an attempt to ‘declutter’ the streets, the town hall plans to uproot almost a third of the illuminated columns. 2. transitive. To remove extraneous or unwanted information from (a display on an electronic device). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > from other material things unfork1598 declutter1965 1965 Data Processing Yearbk. 215/2 Effectively de-clutters the scope to the extent that the controller can distinguish between the aircraft in which he is and is not interested. 1997 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 28 Apr. 46 The HUD [i.e. head-up display] will have a feature that automatically declutters the flight information on approach. 2014 Computer Shopper (Nexis) 1 May The result might be a more customizable Chrome where you can choose..whether you want to declutter the window a bit and hide all those characters behind the chip. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.2000v.1950 |
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