单词 | litter |
释义 | litter2 /'lita(r); lhvl n 1 [U] odds and ends, bits of paper, discarded wrappings, bottles, etc left lying about in a room or public place: (在室内或公共场所乱丢的)杂物; 垃圾(如纸屑,不要的包装纸,空瓶等): Pick up your ~ after a picnic. 野餐后将丢在地上的杂物收拾好。 bin/-basket n bin, basket, into which to place ~. 垃圾箱; 垃圾筒。 '~-lout n (colloq) person who leaves ~ about in public places. (俗)在公共场所乱丢杂物者。 2 a ~, state of untidiness that results when things are left lying about instead of being put away: 杂乱; 零乱: Her room was in such a ~ that she wds ashamed to ask me in. 她的房间十分零乱,故而不好意思请我进去。 3 [U] straw and dung of a farmyard; straw and similar material, eg dry bracken, used as bedding for animals or for protecting plants from frost. 农家院中的稻草和粪; 厩肥; 铺给兽类睡眠或遮盖植物以防霜的草荐。 4 [C] all the newly born young ones of an animal: 一胎所生的小兽; 一窝: a ~ of puppies; 一窝小狗; ten little pigs at a ~. 一窝十只小猪。 vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 15A, B, 14] ~ sth (up) with sth, make untidy with odds and ends; scatter ~⑴:使杂乱; 使零乱; 乱丢杂物: ~ a desk with pa-“e”, 将桌上零乱地堆满了文件(或报纸); ~ up ones room. 把房间弄得乱七八槽。 2 [VP6A, 15B] ~ sth (down), supply (a horse, etc) with straw; make a bed for an animal: 给(马等)以草荐; 为兽作窝: ~ down a horse/a stable. 铺草给马(铺草于马厩)。 3 [VP2A] (of animals, esp dogs and pigs) bring forth a ~ of young ones. (指动物, 尤指狗和猪)产一窝小狗或小猪。 |
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