litter
litter 英 [ˈlɪtə(r)] 美 [ˈlɪtɚ]
n. 垃圾;一窝(动物的幼崽); vt. 乱丢;乱扔
进行时:littering 过去式:littered 过去分词:littered 第三人称单数:litters 名词复数:litters
- 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.
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- n. 垃圾;一窝(动物的幼崽);
- vt. 乱丢;乱扔
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1. There will be fines for people who drop litter.
乱扔垃圾的人将被罚款。
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2. a litter of puppies
一窝小狗
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3. Broken glass littered the streets.
街上到处是玻璃碎片。
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4. The floor was littered with papers.
地板上乱七八糟扔了许多文件。
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5. Your essay is littered with spelling mistakes.
你的文章里到处是拼写错误。
- litter (n.) c. 1300, "a bed," also "bed-like vehicle carried on men's shoulders" (early 14c.), from Anglo-French litere "portable bed," Old French litiere "litter, stretcher, bier; straw, bedding" (12c.), from Medieval Latin lectaria "litter," from Latin lectus "bed, lounge, sofa, dining-couch," from PIE *legh-to-, suffixed form of root *legh- "to lie down, lay."
- litter (v.) late 14c., "provide with bedding," from litter (n.). Meaning "bring forth, give birth to" (of animals or, contemptuously, of humans) is from late 15c. Meaning "to strew with objects" is from 1713. Transitive sense of "to scatter in a disorderly way" is from 1731. Related: Littered; littering.
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