| 词汇 | litter |
| 释义 | litter noun uk /ˈlɪt.ər/ us /ˈlɪt̬.ɚ/ litternoun (RUBBISH)B2[ U ] small pieces of rubbish that have been left lying on the ground in public places: （散落在公共场所的）小块垃圾，废弃物 About two percent of fast-food packaging ends up as litter.约有2%的快餐包装会被人当作垃圾随手扔掉。 EugeneTomeev/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Rubbish and waste activated sludge anti-litter anti-littering debris dejunk fumes garbage garbage disposal gubbins high-level waste influent muck rubbish sewage sewerage shavings skip diving slag spoil white elephant litternoun (BABY ANIMALS)[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of animals that are born at the same time and have the same mother: 一窝幼崽 a litter of kittens一窝小猫 MIXA/GettyImages Animal young baby calf calves chick colt cygnet fawn foal fry gosling hatchling heifer joey offspring owlet peachick piglet poult spawn whelp litternoun (BED)[ U ] dried grass or plant stems used by animals as a bed（动物睡觉用的）褥草，草垫 Animal dwellings - natural anthill arboreal burrow byre cobweb earth eyrie foxhole guest habitat hole holt lair lodge rabbit hole rookery sett spider's web warren wildlife corridor litternoun (ANIMAL TOILET)[ U ] a substance that is put in a container to be used as a toilet by pets: （供宠物便溺的）猫沙 cat/pet litter猫/宠物沙 Parts of buildings: the toilet bathroom bedpan bog chamber pot cistern cloakroom flush flushable gent honey bucket john ladiesphrase latrine potty potty chair powder room privy public convenience WC women's room litter verb uk /ˈlɪt.ər/ us /ˈlɪt̬.ɚ/ [ T ] to spread across an area or place untidily: 四处乱扔，到处乱丢 The park was littered with bottles and cans after the concert.音乐会结束后，公园里到处都是被人丢弃的瓶瓶罐罐。 Dirty clothes littered the floor of her bedroom.她的卧室地板上到处都是脏衣服。 be littered with something A place, document, or other object that is littered with something has or contains a lot of that thing: 布满，到处都是 The newspaper has a reputation for being littered with spelling mistakes.该报错字连篇，尽人皆知。 [ I ] to drop rubbish on the ground in a public place: 在公共场合乱扔垃圾 People who litter often have no pride in the area.随地乱扔垃圾的人没有地区荣誉感。 Environmental issues agroecology air pollution anoxia anoxic anti-conservation deforestation dumping ground eco-audit eco-footprint efficiency energy conservation energy security environmental justice environmentalism reduce, reuse, recycleidiom rewilding runoff scrapyard scrubber sequester You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Rubbish and waste Falling and dropping litter | American Dictionarylitter noun us/ˈlɪt̬·ər/ litternoun (WASTE)[ U ] pieces of paper and other small objects that have been thrown out and are left on the ground in public places litternoun (YOUNG ANIMALS)[ C ] a group of animals born at the same time and having the same mother litter verb[ T ] us/ˈlɪt̬·ər/ litterverb[T] (THROW WASTE)to throw pieces of paper and other small objects on the ground in public places: The park was littered with bottles and soda cans after the concert. Examples of litterlitter Approximately 3 kg of fresh litter obtained from the removal-treatment plots and the surrounding area was added to the addition-treatment plots. This study reveals the importance of litter-cover on the interactions between seedlings, herbivores and pathogens, as well as on the performance of tropical seedlings. Measuring decomposition, nutrient turnover, and stores in plant litter. These data are representative of assays performed with two independent litters of rat pups. Top and sides of the enclosures were covered with 0.1-mm mesh screen to prevent migration of litter invertebrates and toads. The experimental litter depths at each exclosure corresponded to the depths determined from natural chowchilla disturbances in that location. The possible removal of fruits or seeds from litter traps by animals was carefully monitored and considered insignificant. The piglets were obtained from 14 litters of 1-5 parity sows. However, few studies have quantified the effects of specific litter-disturbing vertebrates on living seedlings. Breeding data were compiled from litters that were complete at classification and analysed using maximum likelihood methods. The species composition and the numbers of individuals and species of oribatid mites in the litter were affected by the size of the ferns. Females produced eight-offspring litters (four males and four females), giving each site 40 progeny. Ponerinae have their main distribution in the litter, do also occur in litter vegetation, but nearly drop out in the canopy. This backcross eventually yielded 54 litters (3-7 litters per sire) and a total of over 400 mice that reached 12 weeks of age. Correlated responses in male reproductive traits in mice selected for litter size and body weight. See all examples of litter These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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