cluster

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈklʌstə/    美 /ˈklʌstɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
    — a cluster of islands
  2. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
    — The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.
  3. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid. physical
  4. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A group of computers that work together.
    — A computer cluster is a collection of two or more computers used to execute a given problem or section. Typically, in a computer cluster, the interconnection network tying the computers together is a local area network (LAN). […] The computers in the cluster communicate among themselves and among the shared memory.
  5. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
  6. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
    — A leukemia cluster has developed in the town.
  7. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).
    — examples of clusters would include in accordance with, so far, and the results of
  8. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
  9. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; In full oak leaf cluster: a small bronze or silver device shaped like a twig of oak leaves and acorns which is worn on a ribbon to indicate that the wearer has been conferred the same award or decoration before; an oakleaf. US
  10. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A secundal chord of three or more notes.
  11. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
    — The word scrub begins with a cluster of three consonants.
  12. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.; In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are similar enough to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; also, such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
  13. A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
    — VVe lou'd him, / But like Beaſts / And Covvardly Nobles, / Gaue vvay vnto your Cluſters, vvho did hoote / Him out o' th' Citty.
  14. Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”). euphemistic,form-of,slang
动词 v.
  1. To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1). transitive
    — The consciousness of such an action will give her features a nobler life on this illustrious day, than all the jewels that can hang in her hair or can be clustered in her bosom.
  2. To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters. transitive
    — The sea is clustered with islands.
  3. To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather. intransitive
    — The children clustered around the puppy.

词形变化

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词汇关系

近义词
constellate
衍生词
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词源

词源 1
The noun is derived from Middle English cluster (“bunch, cluster, spray; compact body or mass, ball”) [and other forms], from Old English cluster, clyster (“cluster, bunch, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *klas-, *klus- (“to clump, lump together”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; to clench; to amass”)) + *-þrą (suffix forming nouns denoting an instrument or tool). The English word is probably a doublet of clot.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Dutch klister (“cluster”) (dialectal)
* Icelandic klasi (“cluster; bunch of grapes”)
* Low German Kluuster (“cluster”)
* Swedish kluster (“cluster”)
词源 2
The noun is derived from Middle English cluster (“bunch, cluster, spray; compact body or mass, ball”) [and other forms], from Old English cluster, clyster (“cluster, bunch, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *klas-, *klus- (“to clump, lump together”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; to clench; to amass”)) + *-þrą (suffix forming nouns denoting an instrument or tool). The English word is probably a doublet of clot.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Dutch klister (“cluster”) (dialectal)
* Icelandic klasi (“cluster; bunch of grapes”)
* Low German Kluuster (“cluster”)
* Swedish kluster (“cluster”)
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