clump

英 [klʌmp]

美 [klʌmp]

n.  (尤指树或植物的)丛，簇，束，串; (人的)群，组; (草的)堆; (毛发的)缕; 沉重的脚步声
v.  以沉重的脚步行走; 聚集; 被聚集成群

复数：clumps　过去式：clumped　现在分词：clumping　过去分词：clumped　第三人称单数：clumps　

TEM8计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.8911 / COCA.8197

同义词辨析

clumpbunchbundlecluster【导航词义：束，串，群】

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指树或植物的）丛，簇，束，串；（人的）群，组；（草的）堆；（毛发的）缕
  a small group of things or people very close together, especially trees or plants; a bunch of sth such as grass or hair
  1. a clump of trees/bushes
     树 / 灌木丛
• 沉重的脚步声
  the sound made by sb putting their feet down very heavily

verb

• 以沉重的脚步行走
  to put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
  1. The children clumped down the stairs.
     孩子们脚步嗵嗵地走下了楼梯。
• 聚集；被聚集成群
  to come together or be brought together to form a tight group
  1. Galaxies tend to clump together in clusters.
     星系往往聚集形成星团。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (树木等的)丛，簇，群
  Aclump ofthings such as trees or plants is a small group of them growing together.
  1. ...a clump of trees bordering a side road.
     旁路边的树丛
  2. ...a sweetly scented perennial that grows in clumps.
     一簇簇芳香宜人的多年生植物
• N-COUNT (电线、头发等的)团，堆
  Aclumpof things such as wires or hair is a group of them collected together in one place.
  1. I was combing my hair and it was just falling out in clumps.
     我梳头的时候，头发一团一团地往下掉。
• VERB 拖着沉重的步子走
  If someoneclumpssomewhere, they walk there with heavy, clumsy steps.
  1. They went clumping up the stairs...
     他们拖着沉重的脚步走上楼。
  2. Men in big construction boots were clumping in and out with plans in their hands.
     一群男人穿着大建筑靴，手中拿着图纸，噔噔噔地走进走出。
• VERB 聚集成群;凝集成块
  If thingsclump together, they gather together and form small groups or lumps.
  1. Brown rice takes longer to cook but it doesn't clump together as easily as white rice.
     糙米不容易熟，但不会像精米那样容易粘在一起。

英英释义

noun

• a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
  Synonym:thumpthumpingclunkthud
• a grouping of a number of similar things
  1. a bunch of trees
  2. a cluster of admirers
  Synonym:bunchclusterclustering
• a compact mass
  1. a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
  Synonym:ballclodgloblumpchunk

verb

• gather or cause to gather into a cluster
  1. She bunched her fingers into a fist
  Synonym:bunchbunch upbundlecluster
• walk clumsily
  Synonym:clomp
• come together as in a cluster or flock
  1. The poets constellate in this town every summer
  Synonym:clusterconstellateflock
• make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
  Synonym:clopclunkplunk

双语例句

• After some miles they came in view of the clump of trees beyond which the village of Marlott stood.
  走了几英里以后，他们看见了一小片树林，过了树林就是马洛特村了。
• Rhizomes consistently short necked, culms always forming a single clump.
  一贯的根状茎短颈，秆总是形成一片单个的丛。
• Then suddenly they vanished behind a great clump of trees growing in the middle of the Hippodrome.
  然后他们突然被跑马场中间的一大片树丛遮挡住了。
• It was as if he had hacked with his thick boots at a clump of bluebells.
  仿佛他用自己的厚靴子无情地践踏了一丛野风信子。
• A clump or tuft, as of growing grass. tufted wiry rush of wide distribution.
  生草丛一丛，一簇，如一丛草广泛分布的一种丛生的、细的灯心草属植物。
• Soon she was at the end of the driveway and out on the main road, but she did not stop until she had rounded a curve that put a large clump of trees between her and the house.
  她很快便到了车道尽头，走上了大路，可是她并不停步，直到拐了个弯，那里有一大丛树遮掩着她，使家里人再也不能看见了。
• In general, fine particles tend to clump and agglomerate if they are moist or tacky.
  通常潮湿和粘性的微细颗粒易于聚集和结块。
• On a sheep-cropped knou under a clump of elms we ate the strawberries.
  我们在榆树下草尖被羊啃掉的小丘上吃草莓。
• The more you clump and tangle things together, the harder it is to spot and protect against problems.
  组织在一起的东西越多，发现和防止问题就越困难。
• My spirit was broken. I staggered off the road into a clump of underbrush and dropped like a sack of bricks.
  我的斗志全丧失了，我蹒跚着从街道上走下来，进到一丛树林中，像一袋子砖头似的瘫在地上。