clump
clump 英 [klʌmp] 美 [klʌmp]
n. 丛；笨重的脚步声；土块 vi. 形成一丛；以沉重的步子行走 vt. 使成一丛；使凝结成块
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- A clump is a "bunch" or a "cluster." If you're a gardener, the last thing you want to see is a clump of weeds growing in the middle of your newly groomed lawn.
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- n. 丛；笨重的脚步声；土块
- vi. 形成一丛；以沉重的步子行走
- vt. 使成一丛；使凝结成块
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1. Monte Cristo, on the contrary, took the right hand; arrived near a clump of trees, he stopped.
基督山则恰巧相反，向右斜着走，到了一丛树木旁边，他停下来不走了。
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2. 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。
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3. She skated pretty well until she tripped over a clump of frozen cattails and sprawled on her belly.
她滑得相当不错，但后来一丛被冻住了的香蒲把她给绊倒了，摔了个狗啃屎。
- clump (n.) 1580s, "lump; cluster or small, close group" (especially of shrubs or trees), from Middle English clompe "a lump" (c. 1300), from a Low German source (such as Dutch klomp "lump, mass," or Middle Low German klumpe "clog, wooden shoe"). Old English had clympre "lump, mass of metal."
- clump (v.1) "to heap or gather in clumps" (transitive), 1824, from clump (n.). Related: Clumped; clumping. Intransitive sense "to form a clump or clumps" is recorded from 1896.
- clump (v.2) "walk heavily and clumsily," 1660s, imitative, or perhaps from the notion of walking in wooden shoes (see clump (n.)). Related: Clumped; clumping.
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