[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]废弃物；被胡乱扔掉的东西；垃圾Litter is rubbish that is left lying around outside.
If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up...
在过道里看到垃圾的话请捡起来。
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。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]杂乱的一堆 A litter of things is a quantity of them that are lying around in a disorganized way.
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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。
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[VERB 动词]使凌乱 If a number of things litter a place, they are scattered untidily around it or over it.
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Glass from broken bottles litters the pavement.
人行道上满是破碎瓶子的玻璃渣。
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The entrance hall is littered with toys and wellington boots...
门厅里到处乱扔着玩具和雨靴。
Concrete purpose-built resorts are littered across the mountainsides.
山坡上到处都是专门建造的水泥度假屋。
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[ADJ 形容词]充满的 If something is littered with things, it contains many examples of it.
[v-link ADJ with n]
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。
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]一窝（幼崽） A litter is a group of animals born to the same mother at the same time.
...a litter of pups.
一窝小狗
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]猫沙Litter is a dry substance that you put in the container where you want your cat to go to the toilet.
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litterlitterslitteredlitteringnoun1[uncountable ]small pieces of rubbish/garbage 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。2[singular ]litterof sth 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◆cat litter猫砂◆( BrE) a litter tray猫砂盘◆( NAmE) a litter box铺了便溺垫物的箱子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verb1[transitive ]littersth 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 ]litter(sth) (with sth) to leave things in a place, making it look untidy 乱扔◆The floor was littered with papers.地板上乱七八糟扔了许多文件。◆( NAmE) He was arrested for littering.他因乱扔垃圾被拘捕。3[transitive ]be littered with sthto contain or involve a lot of a particular type of thing, usually sth 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。lit·ter/ˈlɪtə(r); NAmEˈlɪtər/
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litterlit‧ter1 /ˈlɪtə $ -ər/ ●●●S3W3 noun
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1waste [uncountable] waste paper, cans etc that people have thrown away and left on the ground in a public placeSYN rubbish, trash, garbage: People who drop litter can be fined in some cities. a town with a litter problemGRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?• Litter is an uncountable noun and is not used in the plural. You say: · The ground is covered in litter.✗Don’t say: The ground is covered in litters.• Litter is always followed by a singular verb: · Litter was left all over the field.• When talking about one piece of paper, can etc, you say a piece of litter: · I didn’t see a single piece of litter.2baby animals [countable] a group of baby animals that a mother gives birth to at the same timelitter of a litter of kittens► see thesaurus at
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3for cat’s toilet [uncountable] small grains of a dry substance that is put in a container that a cat uses as a toilet indoors: cat litter a litter tray4forest [uncountable] (also leaf litter) dead leaves and other decaying plants on the ground in a forest5a litter of something literary a group of things that look very untidy: A litter of notes, papers, and textbooks were strewn on the desk.6for animal’s bed [uncountable] a substance such as straw that a farm animal sleeps on7bed [countable] a chair or bed for carrying important people, used in past times
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1[transitive] (also litter up) if things litter an area, there are a lot of them in that place, scattered in an untidy way: Clothes littered the floor.litter something with something The desk was littered with papers.2be littered with something if something is littered with things, there are a lot of those things in itSYN be full of something: Recent business news has been littered with stories of companies failing.3[intransitive, transitive] to leave waste paper, cans etc on the ground in a public place4[intransitive] technical if an animal such as a dog or cat litters, it gives birth to babies
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