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litter

noun
 
/ˈlɪtə(r)/
/ˈlɪtər/
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  1.  
    [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
    • There will be fines for people who drop litter.乱扔垃圾的人将被罚款。
    Extra Examples
    • Please 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
    verb + litter
    • drop
    • leave
    • clean up
    • …
    litter + verb
    • be strewn
    litter + noun
    • basket
    • bin
    • lout
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [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
    • The floor was covered with a litter of newspapers, clothes and empty cups.地板上到处都是乱七八糟的报纸、衣服和空杯子。
  3. [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
    Topics Animalsc2
  4. [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。
    Topics Animalsc2
  5. [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
  6. [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
    7. 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.

litter

verb
/ˈlɪtə(r)/
/ˈlɪtər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they litter
/ˈlɪtə(r)/
/ˈlɪtər/
he / she / it litters
/ˈlɪtəz/
/ˈlɪtərz/
past simple littered
/ˈlɪtəd/
/ˈlɪtərd/
past participle littered
/ˈlɪtəd/
/ˈlɪtərd/
-ing form littering
/ˈlɪtərɪŋ/
/ˈlɪtərɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] litter something to be spread around a place, making it look untidy使乱七八糟；使凌乱
    • Piles of books and newspapers littered the floor.地板上乱七八糟地堆了许多书和报纸。
    • Broken glass littered the streets.街上到处是玻璃碎片。
  2. [transitive, usually passive, intransitive] to leave things in a place, making it look untidy乱扔
    • be littered with something The floor was littered with papers.地板上乱七八糟扔了许多文件。
    • He was arrested for littering.他因乱扔垃圾被拘捕。
  3. [transitive]
    be littered with something
    to contain or involve a lot of a particular type of thing, usually something bad使饱含，使遍布（一般指不好的东西）
    • Your essay is littered with spelling mistakes.你的文章里到处是拼写错误。
    4. 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.

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