litter

noun

/ˈlɪtə(r)/

/ˈlɪtər/

[uncountable] small pieces of rubbish such as paper, cans and bottles, that people have left lying in a public place（在公共场所乱扔的）垃圾，废弃物，杂物
- There will be fines for people who drop litter.乱扔垃圾的人将被罚款。
- Please do not leave litter after your picnic.请勿在野餐后留下垃圾。
- Pick up your litter and take it home with you.捡起你的垃圾，带回家。
Collocations Dictionary
… of litter
- pile
verb + litter
- drop
- leave
- clean up
- …
litter + verb
- be strewn
litter + noun
- basket
- bin
- lout
- …
[singular] litter of something a number of things that are lying in an untidy way乱七八糟的东西；乱放的杂物
- The floor was covered with a litter of newspapers, clothes and empty cups.地板上到处都是乱七八糟的报纸、衣服和空杯子。
[uncountable] a dry substance that is put in a shallow open box for pets, especially cats, to use as a toilet when they are indoors（供宠物，尤指猫，在室内便溺的）猫砂，便溺垫物
- cat litter猫砂
- (also especially North American English) kitty litter猫砂
- (British English) a litter tray猫砂盘
- (North American English) a litter box铺了便溺垫物的箱子
Topics Animalsc2
[countable] a number of baby animals that one mother gives birth to at the same time（动物一胎所生的）一窝幼崽
- a litter of puppies一窝小狗
- the runt (= the smallest and weakest baby) of the litter一窝中最弱小的幼畜
- ‘Chief’ was born six years ago, one of a litter of 11.“酋长”出生于六年前，是一窝11个孩子中的一个。
Topics Animalsc2
[uncountable] the substance, especially straw, that is used for farm animals to sleep on（供牲畜睡卧用的）垫草，褥草，铺栏草
[countable] a kind of chair or bed that was used in the past for carrying important people（旧时抬要人的）轿，舆

词源Middle English (originally referring to a structure used to carry people carried on men's shoulders or by animals): from Old French litiere, from medieval Latin lectaria, from Latin lectus ‘bed’. Senses 1 and 2 date from the mid 18th cent.

litter

verb

/ˈlɪtə(r)/

/ˈlɪtər/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they litter	/ˈlɪtə(r)/ /ˈlɪtər/
he / she / it litters	/ˈlɪtəz/ /ˈlɪtərz/
past simple littered	/ˈlɪtəd/ /ˈlɪtərd/
past participle littered	/ˈlɪtəd/ /ˈlɪtərd/
-ing form littering	/ˈlɪtərɪŋ/ /ˈlɪtərɪŋ/

[transitive] litter something to be spread around a place, making it look untidy使乱七八糟；使凌乱
- Piles of books and newspapers littered the floor.地板上乱七八糟地堆了许多书和报纸。
- Broken glass littered the streets.街上到处是玻璃碎片。
[transitive, usually passive, intransitive] to leave things in a place, making it look untidy乱扔
- be littered with something The floor was littered with papers.地板上乱七八糟扔了许多文件。
- He was arrested for littering.他因乱扔垃圾被拘捕。
[transitive]
be littered with something
to contain or involve a lot of a particular type of thing, usually something bad使饱含，使遍布（一般指不好的东西）
- Your essay is littered with spelling mistakes.你的文章里到处是拼写错误。