- [uncountable]
small pieces of rubbish such as paper, cans and bottles, that people have left lying in a public place （在公共场所乱扔的）垃圾，废弃物，杂物 Extra ExamplesPlease do not leave litter after your picnic. 请勿在野餐后留下垃圾。 Pick up your litter and take it home with you. 捡起你的垃圾，带回家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of litter- pile
- drop
- leave
- clean up
- …
- be strewn
- basket
- bin
- lout
- …
- [singular] litter of something
a number of things that are lying in an untidy way 乱七八糟的东西；乱放的杂物 - [uncountable]
a dry substance that is put in a shallow open box for pets, especially cats, to use as a toilet when they are indoors （供宠物，尤指猫，在室内便溺的）猫砂，便溺垫物 cat litter 猫砂 - (also especially North American English)
kitty litter 猫砂 - (British English)
a litter tray 猫砂盘 - (North American English)
a litter box 铺了便溺垫物的箱子
- [countable]
a number of baby animals that one mother gives birth to at the same time （动物一胎所生的）一窝幼崽 a litter of puppies 一窝小狗 the runt (= the smallest and weakest baby) of the litter 一窝中最弱小的幼畜 ‘Chief’ was born six years ago, one of a litter of 11. “酋长”出生于六年前，是一窝11个孩子中的一个。
- [uncountable]
the substance, especially straw, that is used for farm animals to sleep on （供牲畜睡卧用的）垫草，褥草，铺栏草 - [countable]
a kind of chair or bed that was used in the past for carrying important people （旧时抬要人的）轿，舆
Word OriginMiddle English (originally referring to a structure used to carry people carried on men's shoulders or by animals): from Old French litiere, from medieval Latin lectaria, from Latin lectus ‘bed’. Senses 1 and 2 date from the mid 18th cent.