cluttering
present participle ofclutter
| 单词 | cluttering |
| 释义 | cluttering present participle ofclutter clutter verb[T] uk/ˈklʌt.ər/us/ˈklʌt̬.ɚ/tofillsomething in anuntidyorbadlyorganizedway: Thekidsalways clutter thehall(up)withschoolbagsandcoatsandstuff. Everyshelfis clutteredwithornaments. figurativeItrynot to clutter(up)mymindwithuselessinformation. Opposite clear Making things dirty & untidy
Examplesofclutteringcluttering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The first rule avoidsclutteringup the key with identifiers that account for only a small fraction of the total storage allocated. From theCambridge English Corpus The editors have packed the volume withoutclutteringit. From theCambridge English Corpus Local traffic increased enormously, crowding our old streets,clutteringand destroying the splendour of the monumental squares. From theCambridge English Corpus We have succeeded inclutteringup our roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At times of heavy trade there is muchclutteringup in the docks, together with congestion and frustration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We want to discourage him fromclutteringit up, but sheer prohibition is too drastic and the wrong way to go about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Or must we have a joint committeeclutteringup the earth with indirectly elected authorities with no popular support whatever? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We were also conscious of the need to avoidclutteringup primary legislation with unnecessary or contingent administrative detail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That work should cut out much of the dead wood and greatly reduce the bulk of local law that isclutteringthe statute book. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 More should be done to see that heavy freight goes by rail instead ofclutteringup the road networks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One does not modernise the law byclutteringit with statutes that will not be printed or available to anyone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The "big boys"do not want a lot of"small boys"clutteringup their playground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is what we want to avoid—clutteringup the courts with small offences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing could be worse thanclutteringup our already overcrowded statute book with unnecessary or overburdening legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These old people must go into ordinary homes instead ofclutteringup mental hospitals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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