litter

litter
どうふくし 同腹仔
たんか 担架
こし 駕籠 to litter:
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/lítə(r)/ (類音liter) 〖名〗
1 〖U〗 散らかったもの, くずごみ《紙くず・あきびん・あきかんも含む》; がらくた

pick up [drop] ~ in the street 通りでごみを拾う[落す]

No ~. ((掲示))ごみを捨てないでください.

2 [a ~] 乱雑, 混乱(状態)

The kitchen is in a (state of) ~. 台所は散らかっている.

3 〖U〗 (動物の)寝わら; ⇒ =~ tray .
4 〖C〗 担架; 〔史〕(屋根・カーテン付きの)担(にな)いかご《◆金持ち・権力者などが乗った》.
5 〖C〗 [単数・複数扱い] (ブタ・イヌなどの)一腹の子

five puppies at a ~ 一腹の5匹の子イヌ.

〖動〗|他|
1 〈物・ごみ・くずなど〉を散らかす; 〈部屋など〉を〔…で〕汚す〔with〕; 〈物が〉…に散らかる(+up); [be ~ed]〈話などが〉〔…が〕やたら多い〔with

toys ~ing the floor 床に散らかっているおもちゃ

~ (up) the garden with empty bottles and cans 庭園をあきびんやかんで汚す.

2 …に寝[敷き]わらを敷く(+down

~ down a pig [stable] ブタ[うまや]に寝わらを敷く.

|自|
1 ごみ[くず]を散らかす

No ~ing. ((掲示))ごみを捨てないでください.

2 ((正式))〈イヌ・ブタなどが〉子を産む.

English-Japanese dictionary. 2013.

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