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

• The path follows the river closely, occasionally deviating round a clump of trees.
  小径紧紧靠着河流，偶尔为了绕过一丛树木而偏离一些。
• The twelve of us slept together in a tangled clump.
  我们十二个挤成一团睡觉。
• For the tissue-growing experiment, the researchers focused on the clump of cells containing embryonic stem cells.
  对于培养组织的实验来说，研究人员关注的是含有胚胎干细胞的这群细胞。
• 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。
• 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。
• They could accurately time when the yeast would clump together, a process important for brewing.
  他们能准确的确定何时酵母会聚集在一起，这个过程对于发酵非常重要。
• Exasperated, he leaped the stream, and strode towards beech clump.
  他满腔恼怒，跳过小河，大踏步向毛榉林子走去。
• 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。
• Someone's hand around its clump of light.
  谁的手圈住了那束光亮。
• The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.
  铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。