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littered

/lit-er/US // ˈlɪt ər //UK // (ˈlɪtə) //

乱七八糟的,满地的,遍地狼藉,遍地狼藉的

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
    • : a condition of disorder or untidiness: We were appalled at the litter of the room.
    • : a number of young brought forth by a multiparous animal at one birth: a litter of six kittens.
    • : a framework of cloth stretched between two parallel bars, for the transportation of a sick or wounded person; stretcher.
    • : a vehicle carried by people or animals, consisting of a bed or couch, often covered and curtained, suspended between shafts.
    • : straw, hay, or the like, used as bedding for animals or as protection for plants.
    • : the layer of slightly decomposed organic material on the surface of the floor of the forest.
    • : cat litter.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to strew with scattered objects, rubbish, etc.: to be fined for littering the sidewalk.
    • : to scatter in disorder: They littered their toys from one end of the playroom to the other.
    • : to be strewn about in disorder: Bits of paper littered the floor.
    • : to give birth to, as a multiparous animal.
    • : to supply with litter for a bed.
    • : to use for litter.
    • : to cover with straw, hay, etc., for litter.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to give birth to a litter: The cat had littered in the closet.
    • : to strew objects about: If you litter, you may be fined.

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Examples

  • Interest in outdoor recreation is at an all-time high in British Columbia, leading to crowds, litter, braided trails, and unnecessary searches and rescues.

  • According to street lore, their mother died the night they were born and only three of the litter survived.

  • The firm manages animals selected to be the healthiest and fastest growing, and to have the largest litters.

  • Beach runners might be tempted to go barefoot, but stray rocks, shells, and other forms of litter and debris can wreak havoc on your feet, so it’s in your best interest to keep them covered.

  • These worms can reduce a forest’s leaf litter by 95 percent in a single season, he’s found.

  • My Twitter feed was quickly littered with tweets defending Cosby.

  • The comedian was right to call out Bill Cosby, but his material is littered with jokes about rape.

  • The British aristocracy is littered with stories of unmitigated spendthrifts who seem bent on self-destruction.

  • Glass fragments from windows, street lamps, car windshields, and theater marquees littered the streets like confetti.

  • Israeli bullet casings littered the floors of the entrances to residences that were transformed into stucco barracks.

  • But a doctor Faustus, in his cell littered with books and instruments of alchemy, would love always to have a cat for a companion.

  • The floor was littered with paper and proofs; on the desk a slip of galley proof lay.

  • A lamp burned in the kitchen, showing a dirty brick floor and a littered table—such a house as men keep, untidy and unhomelike.

  • She raised her eyes, still with the same strange yet flaming quiet, from the littered floor to his face.

  • And at that time Nona came from the cabin, and called me, looking wonderingly at the arrows that littered the deck at her feet.