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cluster

/kluhs-ter/US // ˈklʌs tər //UK // (ˈklʌstə) //

集群,群组,群集,簇

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch: a cluster of grapes.
    • : a group of things or persons close together: There was a cluster of tourists at the gate.
    • : U.S. Army. a small metal design placed on a ribbon representing an awarded medal to indicate that the same medal has been awarded again: oak-leaf cluster.
    • : Phonetics. a succession of two or more contiguous consonants in an utterance, as the str- cluster of strap.
    • : Astronomy. a group of neighboring stars, held together by mutual gravitation, that have essentially the same age and composition and thus supposedly a common origin.Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to gather into a cluster or clusters.
    • : to furnish or cover with clusters.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to form a cluster or clusters: The people clustered around to watch.

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Examples

  • According to health authorities, workplaces were the source for a quarter of the infection clusters reported since the lifting of heavy lockdown.

  • That’s when teams in Germany and Austria each used Gaia to show many stars already had left the cluster.

  • Where a cluster may hold a few thousand stars, a galaxy can be home to far more.

  • Last year, astronomers finally managed to examine a far sparser region of space—the expanse between galaxy clusters.

  • Last year, astronomers finally managed to examine a far sparser region of space — the expanse between galaxy clusters.

  • To his credit, Huckabee is conscious of the fact that he will need a cluster of deep-pocketed patrons and bundlers.

  • Art Basel itself is but the center of a cluster of mega-shows taking place in Miami this week.

  • But the runaway best example of the game is another cluster of British luxury vehicles—Range Rover, Land Rover and Jaguar.

  • But the crown itself (or headband or cluster of buds) screams disingenuous.

  • There is now a black dot in a cluster of reeds about two hundred meters downstream.

  • With the tertian parasite, the segments more frequently form an irregular cluster.

  • In the course of an hour a cluster of dark objects appeared on the bench, coming rapidly toward us.

  • Behind it was a cluster of low hills set with narrow fields and tiny white houses.

  • They made a cluster of flashing color whose center point was a tiny airship, a speedster, a gay little craft.

  • He kept looking at the open sky above the river, waiting for the cluster to rise high so he could see it.