litter

英 [ˈlɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈlɪtər]

n.  (在公共场所乱扔的)垃圾，废弃物，杂物; 乱七八糟的东西; 乱放的杂物; (供宠物，尤指猫，在室内便溺的)猫砂，便溺垫物
v.  使乱七八糟; 使凌乱; 乱扔; 使饱含，使遍布(一般指不好的东西)

过去分词：littered　复数：litters　过去式：littered　现在分词：littering　第三人称单数：litters　

中考高考CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.6500 / COCA.8093

同义词辨析

garbagedebrisjunklitterrubbishwaste【导航词义：废弃物，垃圾】

牛津词典

noun

• （在公共场所乱扔的）垃圾，废弃物，杂物
  small pieces of rubbish/garbage such as paper, cans and bottles, that people have left lying in a public place
  1. There will be fines for people who drop litter .
     乱扔垃圾的人将被罚款。
• 乱七八糟的东西；乱放的杂物
  a number of things that are lying in an untidy way
  1. 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。
• （供宠物，尤指猫，在室内便溺的）猫砂，便溺垫物
  a dry substance that is put in a shallow open box for pets, especially cats, to use as a toilet when they are indoors
  1. cat litter
     猫砂
  2. a litter tray
     猫砂盘
  3. a litter box
     铺了便溺垫物的箱子
• （动物一胎所生的）一窝幼崽
  a number of baby animals that one mother gives birth to at the same time
  1. a litter of puppies
     一窝小狗
  2. the runt (= the smallest and weakest baby) of the litter
     一窝中最弱小的幼畜
• （供牲畜睡卧用的）垫草，褥草，铺栏草
  the substance, especially straw , that is used for farm animals to sleep on
• （旧时抬要人的）轿，舆
  a kind of chair or bed that was used in the past for carrying important people

verb

• 使乱七八糟；使凌乱
  to be spread around a place, making it look untidy
  1. Piles of books and newspapers littered the floor.
     地板上乱七八糟地堆了许多书和报纸。
  2. Broken glass littered the streets.
     街上到处是玻璃碎片。
• 乱扔
  to leave things in a place, making it look untidy
  1. The floor was littered with papers.
     地板上乱七八糟扔了许多报纸。
  2. He was arrested for littering.
     他因乱扔垃圾被拘留。
• 使饱含，使遍布（一般指不好的东西）
  to contain or involve a lot of a particular type of thing, usually sth bad
  1. Your essay is littered with spelling mistakes.
     你的文章里到处是拼写错误。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 废弃物；被胡乱扔掉的东西；垃圾
  Litteris rubbish that is left lying around outside.
  1. If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up...
     在过道里看到垃圾的话请捡起来。
  2. On Wednesday we cleared a beach and woodland of litter.
     星期三我们清理了一块海滨林地的垃圾。
• N-UNCOUNT 杂乱的一堆
  Alitter ofthings is a quantity of them that are lying around in a disorganized way.
  1. He pushed aside the litter of books and papers and laid two places at the table.
     他把桌子上凌乱堆放着的书本和报纸推开，摆了两套餐具。
• VERB 使凌乱
  If a number of thingslittera place, they are scattered untidily around it or over it.
  1. Glass from broken bottles litters the pavement.
     人行道上满是破碎瓶子的玻璃渣。
• ADJ 充满的
  If something islittered withthings, it contains many examples of it.
  1. History is littered with men and women spurred into achievement by a father's disregard...
     历史上因为被父亲漠视而发奋成功的儿女数不胜数。
  2. Charles' speech is littered with lots of marketing buzzwords like 'package' and 'product'.
     查尔斯的演讲充斥着“包装”、“产品”之类的营销领域流行用语。
• N-COUNT 一窝（幼崽）
  Alitteris a group of animals born to the same mother at the same time.
  1. ...a litter of pups.
     一窝小狗
• 猫沙
  Litteris a dry substance that you put in the container where you want your cat to go to the toilet.

英英释义

noun

• material used to provide a bed for animals
  Synonym:bedding materialbedding
• conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
• the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
• rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)

verb

• give birth to a litter of animals
• make a place messy by strewing garbage around
• strew
  1. Cigar butts littered the ground

双语例句

• With this formula, even one cat requires at least two cat litter boxes.
  有了这个公式，即使是猫需要至少两个猫砂盒。
• Litter layer had definite inhibitory effect on soil erosion.
  凋落物层对土壤侵蚀具有一定的抑制作用；
• He pushed aside the litter of books and papers and laid two places at the table.
  他把桌子上凌乱堆放着的书本和报纸推开，摆了两套餐具。
• Animals reject the runt of the litter.
  动物会丢弃最弱小的幼仔。
• He stuffed the newspapers into a litter bin and headed down the street
  他把报纸塞进了垃圾箱，然后沿街往前走了。
• Litter baskets have been placed under the trees, but people still throw their rubbish everywhere.
  树下都已设置了废物筐，但是人们仍到处扔垃圾。
• The buds are protected by the soil or surface litter.
  该种植物在近地面或土层内有越冬芽，可以被土壤或表层的枯枝落叶层保护起来。
• Keeping pace with the litter during summer, when the park is most heavily used, is also a huge task.
  夏季公园游人最多的时候，及时清扫废弃物也是一项艰巨的任务。
• Please clear up the litter before you leave the office.
  请你离开办公室前把这堆废纸杂物清理掉。
• We can't throw any litter onto the ground and we should collect them for recycling.
  我们不能有任何垃圾，丢在地上，并要搜集他们的回收对象。