clowder

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈklaʊ̯də/    美 /ˈklaʊ̯dɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A group of cats or other small felines.
    — A Brooklyn friend who persists in feeding the host of creatures - including me - who appear at her door will be delighted to know that the most nonchalant recipients of her largesse may be referred to as a clowder of cats.

词形变化

clowders plural

词源

A variation, recorded since 1801, of clutter, itself from clot, from Old English clott (“round mass, lump”), from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (hence cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball, testicle”), Danish klods (“a block, lump”) and German Klotz (“lump, block”)).
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