Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #14581
clutters
塞满；乱堆
clutters is the third person singular of clutter.
To fill something with clutter; to make untidy by scattering things about.
- 1.
To fill something with clutter.
用杂物填满某物。
- 2.
To make a confused noise; to bustle.
制造混乱的声音；忙乱
- 3.
To utter words hurriedly, especially (but not exclusively) as a speech disorder (compare cluttering).
快速说话,尤其是作为一种语言障碍(比较口吃)。
喧闹；忙乱；急促不清地说；用杂物填满某物。；制造混乱的声音；忙乱；快速说话,尤其是作为一种语言障碍(比较口吃)。
In use
Please don't clutter the desk with your papers.
Her room was cluttered with clothes and books.
Try not to clutter your mind with negative thoughts.
Verb forms
base clutter · third person clutters · -ing cluttering · past cluttered · past participle cluttered
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- clutter up
- 堆满；弄乱
- Don't clutter up the table with old newspapers.别把旧报纸堆满桌子。
- be cluttered with
- 堆满；塞满
- The room was cluttered with boxes and bags.房间里堆满了箱子和袋子。
- clutter one's mind
- 使思绪杂乱；让头脑充满杂念
- Reading too many posts on social media can clutter your mind.刷太多社交媒体帖子会让你的头脑充满杂念。
Idioms & figurative uses
- cut through the clutter
- 撇开无关信息，直击重点The report cuts through the clutter and gives us the key numbers.这份报告撇开无关信息，直接给出关键数据。
- clutter up
- 堆满，杂乱地塞满Don't clutter up your desk with old papers.别用旧文件把桌子堆得乱七八糟。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住clutter开头的cl像'磕'，杂物塞满磕磕绊绊；词尾utter像'说'，又指急促不清地说话。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常聊天中描述房间、桌面等被杂物塞满、非正式书面语里描写空间杂乱 clutter 最常见的意思是“把杂物塞满；使杂乱”，通常多用于日常口语和非正式书面语，比较常见于描述房间、桌面等具体空间或桌面文件等场景；较正式的文体中不常用。
Grammar Note
通常用作及物动词，后接表示地点的名词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词均与 clutter 押韵，重读元音 /ʌ/ 和结尾 /tə/ 相同。注意形近异音词：matter /ˈmætə/ 元音为 /æ/，cluster /ˈklʌstə/ 多出 /s/，读音与 clutter 不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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