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The word "cluster" can refer to a group of similar things or people close together (noun), or the action of gathering in a group (verb).

The word "cluster" can refer to a group of similar things or people close together (noun), or the action of gathering in a group (verb).

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/klʌ̱stə(r)/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](人或物的)组,群,簇 A cluster of people or things is a small group of them close together.
  [oft N of n]
  • ...clusters of men in formal clothes...

    一群群身着正装的男人

  • There's no town here, just a cluster of shops, cabins and motels at the side of the highway.

    这儿没有城镇,只在公路边上有一片商店、小木屋和汽车旅馆。

2
[VERB 动词]See also:
clustered
(人)聚集 If people cluster together, they gather together in a small group.
  [V together]
  [V around/round n]
  [Also V prep]
  • The passengers clustered together in small groups...

    乘客们三五成群聚在一起。

  • The children clustered around me.

    孩子们聚集在我的周围。


Oxford clus·ter / ˈklʌstə(r) ; NAmE ˈklʌstər /
noun
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verb
cluster clusters clustered clustering
noun 1 a group of things of the same type that grow or appear close together (同类物丛生或聚集的)簇,团,束,串 a cluster of stars 星团 The plant bears its flowers in clusters. 这种植物开花成簇。 a leukaemia cluster (= an area where there are more cases of the disease than you would expect) 白血病高发区 2 a group of people, animals or things close together (人或动物的)群,团,组;(物品的)堆,批 a cluster of spectators 一群观众 a little cluster of houses 挤在一起的几处房屋 3 ( phonetics 语音 ) a group of consonants which come together in a word or phrase, for example /str / at the beginning of string 辅音丛;辅音连缀 a consonant cluster 辅音丛 verb [intransitive ] to come together in a small group or groups 群聚;聚集 clustertogether The children clustered together in the corner of the room. 孩子们聚集在房间的角落里。 clusteraround/round sb/sth The doctors clusteredanxiously aroundhis bed. 医生焦急地围在他的床边。 clus·ter / ˈklʌstə(r) ; NAmE ˈklʌstər /
LDC
cluster1 noun
cluster2 verb
clusterclus‧ter1 /ˈklʌstə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable]
Word Origin
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1a group of things of the same kind that are very close togethercluster of a cluster of low farm buildings a cluster of red berries a diamond cluster ring see thesaurus at
group
2a group of people all in the same placecluster of A cluster of children stood around the ice cream van.3technical a group of sectors on one or more computer disks
cluster1 noun
cluster2 verb
clustercluster2 verb [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]
Verb Table
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if a group of people or things cluster somewhere, or are clustered somewhere, they form a small group in that placecluster around/together etc Reporters clustered around the palace gates for news. Industries in Britain tend to be clustered together.
WDF

cluster

[ˈklʌstə(r)]clustered, clustering, clusters

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clustered[206] clusters[1037]
群(60%),群集(27%),簇(6%),丛(2%),串(2%),丛生(2%),使成群(1%)
n.群;簇;丛;串
vt.使聚集;聚集在某人的周围
vi.群聚;丛生
n.(Cluster)人名;(英)克拉斯特

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