Clump
n. 丛；笨重的脚步声；土块
vi. 形成一丛；以沉重的步子行走
vt. 使成一丛；使凝结成块
中文词源
clump 丛，堆
词源同club,大块，木棍。
英文词源
- clump (n.)
- 1580s, "lump; cluster of trees," from Middle English clompe "a lump" (c. 1300), from Dutch klomp "lump, mass," or Middle Low German klumpe "clog, wooden shoe." Old English had clympre "lump, mass of metal."
- clump (v.2)
- "walk heavily," 1660s, imitative. Related: Clumped; clumping.
- clump (v.1)
- "to heap or gather in clumps" (transitive), 1824, from clump (n.). Related: Clumped; clumping. Intransitive sense "to form a clump or clumps" is recorded from 1896.
中文解释
1. 靠拢铺。把一些东西拢在一起，使其靠拢铺在一起——团，块；2. 磕啷步。想象用力走路的声音——沉重的脚步声。3. c + lump => 很像双臂抱着一块一块、一团一团的东西，形成丛、簇。4. club => clump.
实用例句
- 1. The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.
- 铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Brown rice takes longer to cook but it doesn't clump together as easily as white rice.
- 糙米不容易熟，但不会像精米那样容易粘在一起。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. That clump down near the bottom.
- 靠坑底那簇.
来自英汉文学
- 4. Exasperated, he leaped the stream, and strode towards beech clump.
- 他满腔恼怒, 跳过小河, 大踏步向毛榉林子走去.
来自辞典例句
- 5. A stream meandered gently through a clump of trees.
- 一条小溪从树丛中蜿蜒穿过.
来自辞典例句
