litter

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈlɪt.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. uncountable
    — Quen he had made me hale and fere
  2. Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.; A bed, especially a pile of straw (sometimes also with blankets) used as a bed. countable,obsolete
    — Near-synonyms: pallet, straw bed, hay bed (all broadly synonymous)
  3. Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.; Animal bedding together with its dung. uncountable
    — Silkworms... must be well cleansed from the litter.
  4. A mobile bed or couch transported upon or suspended from poles placed over human shoulders or animal backs. countable
    — ... In a lytter made tho full royall...
  5. A mobile bed or couch transported upon or suspended from poles placed over human shoulders or animal backs.; Synonym of stretcher, such a vehicle used for transporting the sick and injured, inclusive of designs carried in the hand. countable
    — He ordeyned lyttyers for the wounded knyghtes.
  6. A mobile bed or couch transported upon or suspended from poles placed over human shoulders or animal backs.; Any of the other similar conveyances, such as sedan chairs, hammock litters, and the like. broadly,countable
    — When they went out, they sat in litters, which were curtained.
  7. Synonym of straw, grass, etc. more generally, particularly in plaster, thatch, and mulch. obsolete,uncountable
  8. An act of giving birth to a number of live young at the same time. countable,obsolete
    — Let new planted Elms be kept moist by frequent refreſhings upon ſome half-rotten Fern, or Litter laid about the foot of the ſtem...
  9. The whole group of live young born at the same time, typically in reference to mammals or (figurative, derogatory) unpleasant people or objects. collective,countable
    — A Wolf came to a Sow, and very Kindly Offer'd to take care of her Litter.
  10. Waste or debris, originally any mess but now particularly trash left or thrown on the ground. uncountable
    — Near-synonyms: garbage; see also Thesaurus:trash
  11. A bed, a substrate formed from loose materials. countable,uncommon
    — Having first made a litter of shingles, planks or billets, with a layer of charcoal powder several inches in thickness...
  12. The layer of fallen leaves and other loose organic material on the ground in a forest. uncountable
    — Litter, that portion of the forest floor which is not in an advanced state of decomposition.
  13. Fuller's earth, clay pellets, wood chips, or other similar loose absorbent materials used for the waste of pet animals. uncountable
    — Change the cat litter fer chrissakes. This place reeks.
动词 v.
  1. To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles). intransitive
    — By tossing the bottle out the window, he was littering.
  2. To scatter carelessly about. transitive
  3. To strew (a place) with scattered articles. transitive
    — Their Clamour, 'lighting from their Chairs, / Grew lowder, all the way up Stairs; / At Entrance louder, where they found, / The Room with Volumes litter'd round; […]
  4. To give birth to, in the manner of animals. transitive
    — We might conceive that dogs were created blind, because we observe they were littered so with us.
  5. To produce a litter of young. intransitive
    — A desert […] where the she-wolf still littered.
  6. To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall. transitive
    — Tell them how they litter their jades.
  7. To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter. intransitive
    — The inn where he and his horse litter'd.
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative form of lit: more lit comparative,form-of

词形变化

litters plural liter alternative litere alternative lytter alternative lyttre alternative littor alternative littour alternative litre alternative licter alternative letter alternative lictier alternative licture alternative litour alternative littier alternative littre alternative litters present,singular,third-person littering participle,present littered participle,past littered past liter alternative litere alternative lytter alternative lyttre alternative littor alternative littour alternative litre alternative licter alternative letter alternative lictier alternative licture alternative litour alternative littier alternative littre alternative liter alternative litere alternative lytter alternative lyttre alternative littor alternative littour alternative litre alternative licter alternative letter alternative lictier alternative licture alternative litour alternative littier alternative littre alternative

词汇关系

下位词
sedan sedan chair horse litter mule litter palanquin palki jaun meeana hammock litter mancheel gestatorial chair andor takhtrawan chowpaul nalki dooly dandy tonjon kajawah mihaffa jampan cacolet lectica kago norimono mikoshi
衍生词
antilitter belitter cat litter clitty litter freaklitter hammock litter horse litter horse-litter horselitter interlitter killer litter kitty litter leaf litter leaflitter litterbag litterbasket litter bin litter box litter bug litterbug litterfall litter frog litterless litter lout littermate litter moth litter picking litter tray littery make litter of microlitter mule litter mule-litter mulelitter pick of the litter plant litter pocket litter prelitter rough-backed litter snake runt of the litter southern litter skink litterer littering

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.
Latin lectus
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Latin -āria
Late Latin lectuāria
Old French litiere
Anglo-Norman literebor.
Middle English litere
English litter
Inherited from Middle English litere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman litere, from Old French litiere (“bedding; bed of loose straw; litter”), from Late Latin lectuāria, from Latin lectus + -āria.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.
Latin lectus
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Latin -āria
Late Latin lectuāria
Old French litiere
Anglo-Norman literebor.
Middle English litere
English litter
Inherited from Middle English litere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman litere, from Old French litiere (“bedding; bed of loose straw; litter”), from Late Latin lectuāria, from Latin lectus + -āria.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.
Latin lectus
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Latin -āria
Late Latin lectuāria
Old French litiere
Anglo-Norman literebor.
Middle English litere
English litter
Inherited from Middle English litere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman litere, from Old French litiere (“bedding; bed of loose straw; litter”), from Late Latin lectuāria, from Latin lectus + -āria.
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