| 单词 | litter |
| 释义 | litter (once / 584 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n If everyone decided to litter, or drop trash on the ground, the world would be covered in garbage. Litter doesn't always have to be trashy though. When a cat has kittens, they are born as a litter. Don't be confused when you go to England and see the word litter written all over garbage cans. That's just the Brits' way of saying trash. The word litter comes from the Old French litiere meaning "bed." Animals like dogs or cats have their offspring all in one birth, or on the same bed, making what we call a litter, or group of babies. WORD FAMILYlitter: littered, litterer, littering, litters+/littered: unlittered/litterer: litterers USAGE EXAMPLESNationwide, sales of kitty litter approached $2.9 billion last year. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Steady demand for kitty litter helped Wyo-Ben and other bentonite miners through the downturn. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) In 1993, the city beefed up security patrols in City Hall and other buildings to cut down on the litter. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) Hyper rubbish, scrap, trash worthless material that is to be disposed of 2v make a place messy by strewing garbage around Hyper straw, strew spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic) 3v strew 2Cigar butts littered the ground Hyper be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 1n the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal Hyper animal group a group of animals 2n material used to provide a bed for animals Syn|Hyper bedding, bedding material material, stuff the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object 3v give birth to a litter of animals 3Hyper bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have cause to be born n conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers Hypo|Hyper covered couch a litter with a cover for privacy palankeen, palanquina closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers sedan, sedan chaira closed litter for one passenger stretchera litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles gurneya metal stretcher with wheels jampana kind of sedan chair used in India conveyance, transport something that serves as a means of transportation |
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