litteringn.¹

/ˈlɪtərɪŋ/

Etymology: < litter v. + -ing suffix¹.

In senses of the verb.

a. The action of furnishing beasts with litter, or covering a floor with litter.

ΚΠ

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice v. 15 This is called littering of Horses: and when you haue thus done, you shall let him rest till the next morning.

1849 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm §955 Mr. Hunter..tried..the littering of the break, occupied by the sheep, with straw.

b. concrete. The straw of an animal's bed; a layer of litter in a stable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > bedding down

littering1382

litterc1430

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxxi. 34 Rachel..hidde the mawmetis under the literyng of a camele.

1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) Introd. 9 To add another coating to the infinite litterings of the Augean stable.

c. collective. Odds and ends scattered about.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun]

wrakea1350

outcastingc1350

rammel1370

rubble1376

mullockc1390

refusec1390

filtha1398

outcasta1398

chaff?a1400

rubbishc1400

wastec1430

drossc1440

raff?1440

rascal1440

murgeonc1450

wrack1472

gear1489

garblec1503

scowl1538

raffle1543

baggage1549

garbage1549

peltry1550

gubbins?1553

lastage1553

scruff1559

retraict1575

ross1577

riddings1584

ket1586

scouring1588

pelf1589

offal1598

rummage1598

dog's meat1606

retriment1615

spitling1620

recrement1622

mundungus1637

sordes1640

muskings1649

rejectament1654

offscouring1655

brat1656

relicts1687

offage1727

litter1730

rejectamenta1795

outwale1825

detritus1834

junk1836

wastements1843

croke1847–78

sculch1847

debris1851

rumble1854

flotsam1861

jetsam1861

pelt1880

offcasting1893

rubbishry1894

littering1897

muckings1898

wastage1898

dreck1905

bruck1929

crap1934

garbo1953

clobber1965

dooky1965

grot1971

tippings-

1897 Daily News 3 May 7/2 Ten times more littering..is left by the fashionable promenaders on the expensive fête days.

d. The action of throwing or dropping litter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [noun] > dropping litter

littering1960

1960 Times 14 Sept. 12/7 There is something of the threat of doom in the perfunctory notice of New York pavements ‘Littering 25 dollars’.

1970 D. E. Westlake Hot Rock (1971) i. i. 13 He threw the Kleenex on the sidewalk. Littering.

1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 87 324 The interview dealt with littering…‘should it be everyone's responsibility to pick up litter?’

2. The process of bringing forth (young) or of being brought forth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > bringing forth young

breeding1387

whelping1398

broodc1440

feture?1440

litterc1440

littering1542

fall1593

litterage1601

cast1646

1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Dviii^v The young, in the lytteryng or forthbryngyng.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 140 They [sc. bitches] haue milke about fiue daies before theyr littering.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 174 At the first littering their eyes are fastly closed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	littering
释义	litteringn.¹ /ˈlɪtərɪŋ/ Etymology: < litter v. + -ing suffix¹. In senses of the verb. 1. a. The action of furnishing beasts with litter, or covering a floor with litter. ΚΠ 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice v. 15 This is called littering of Horses: and when you haue thus done, you shall let him rest till the next morning. 1849 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm §955 Mr. Hunter..tried..the littering of the break, occupied by the sheep, with straw. b. concrete. The straw of an animal's bed; a layer of litter in a stable. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > bedding down littering1382 litterc1430 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxxi. 34 Rachel..hidde the mawmetis under the literyng of a camele. 1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) Introd. 9 To add another coating to the infinite litterings of the Augean stable. c. collective. Odds and ends scattered about. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] wrakea1350 outcastingc1350 rammel1370 rubble1376 mullockc1390 refusec1390 filtha1398 outcasta1398 chaff?a1400 rubbishc1400 wastec1430 drossc1440 raff?1440 rascal1440 murgeonc1450 wrack1472 gear1489 garblec1503 scowl1538 raffle1543 baggage1549 garbage1549 peltry1550 gubbins?1553 lastage1553 scruff1559 retraict1575 ross1577 riddings1584 ket1586 scouring1588 pelf1589 offal1598 rummage1598 dog's meat1606 retriment1615 spitling1620 recrement1622 mundungus1637 sordes1640 muskings1649 rejectament1654 offscouring1655 brat1656 relicts1687 offage1727 litter1730 rejectamenta1795 outwale1825 detritus1834 junk1836 wastements1843 croke1847–78 sculch1847 debris1851 rumble1854 flotsam1861 jetsam1861 pelt1880 offcasting1893 rubbishry1894 littering1897 muckings1898 wastage1898 dreck1905 bruck1929 crap1934 garbo1953 clobber1965 dooky1965 grot1971 tippings- 1897 Daily News 3 May 7/2 Ten times more littering..is left by the fashionable promenaders on the expensive fête days. d. The action of throwing or dropping litter. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [noun] > dropping litter littering1960 1960 Times 14 Sept. 12/7 There is something of the threat of doom in the perfunctory notice of New York pavements ‘Littering 25 dollars’. 1970 D. E. Westlake Hot Rock (1971) i. i. 13 He threw the Kleenex on the sidewalk. Littering. 1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 87 324 The interview dealt with littering…‘should it be everyone's responsibility to pick up litter?’ 2. The process of bringing forth (young) or of being brought forth. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > bringing forth young breeding1387 whelping1398 broodc1440 feture?1440 litterc1440 littering1542 fall1593 litterage1601 cast1646 1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Dviii^v The young, in the lytteryng or forthbryngyng. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 140 They [sc. bitches] haue milke about fiue daies before theyr littering. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 174 At the first littering their eyes are fastly closed. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2020). † litteringn.² Obsolete. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Litterings, small Sticks that keep the Web stretch'd on a Weaver's Loom. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2019). litteringadj. /ˈlɪtərɪŋ/ Etymology: < litter v. + -ing suffix². That litters, or makes a ‘litter’. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [adjective] > scattered in disorder > scattering in disorder littering1864 1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 172 The first thing I saw..was part of a huge littering jackdaw's nest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.¹1382n.²1706adj.1864
随便看	thinners thinness thinnesses thinnest thinnify thinning thinnings thinnish thinocorine thinofficered thinolite thinpeopled thinpervading thinrinded thins thinsectioning thinset thinshot thinskinned thinskinnedness thinsoled thinsown thinspun thinstapled thinstemmed

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litteringadj.

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