• n. 杂乱，混乱
• vt. 使凌乱；胡乱地填满
• n. (Clutter)人名；(英)克拉特

词源同clod,clot.即大块状的，凌乱的。

clutter (v.)

1550s, "to collect in heaps," variant of clotern "to form clots, to heap on" (c. 1400); related to clot (n.). Sense of "to litter" is first recorded 1660s. Related: Cluttered; cluttering.

clutter (n.)

1570s, "things lying in heaps or confusion," from clutter (v.); the "litter" sense is from 1660s.

1. Caroline prefers her worktops to be clear of clutter.

卡罗琳喜欢把厨房台面收拾得整整齐齐。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Empty soft-drink cans clutter the desks.

空饮料罐胡乱地堆在桌上。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Don't clutter the page with too many diagrams.

别用太多的图表来堆砌版面。

来自《权威词典》

4. The clutter of ships had little room to manoeuvre.

船只橫七竖八地挤在一起,几乎没有多少移动的空间.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The garage is in such a clutter that we can't find anything.

车库如此凌乱,我们什么也找不到.

来自《简明英汉词典》