clump

noun

1. （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
2. 沉重的脚步声
   the sound made by sb putting their feet down very heavily

verb

1. 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。
2. 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。

1. N-COUNT (树木等的)丛，簇，群
   A clump of things 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
2. N-COUNT (电线、头发等的)团，堆
   A clump of 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。
3. VERB 拖着沉重的步子走
   If someone clumps somewhere, 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。
4. VERB 聚集成群;凝集成块
   If things clump 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。

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。
2. They went clumping up the stairs
   他们拖着沉重的脚步走上楼。
3. 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。
4. The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.
   铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。
5. 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。
6. The twelve of us slept together in a tangled clump.
   我们十二个挤成一团睡觉。
7. The more you clump and tangle things together, the harder it is to spot and protect against problems.
   组织在一起的东西越多，发现和防止问题就越困难。
8. After some miles they came in view of the clump of trees beyond which the village of Marlott stood.
   走了几英里以后，他们看见了一小片树林，过了树林就是马洛特村了。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. Results OBR positive cells distributed as clump in hypothalamus ME, ARC and VMN, having obscure boundary.
    结果在下丘脑的ME、ARC和VMN，观察到OBR阳性细胞聚集成团，细胞边界不清楚。
13. The pieces clump together to form asteroids and bigger planets.
    这些碎片凝聚起来可以形成小行星和更大的星球。
14. Then suddenly they vanished behind a great clump of trees growing in the middle of the Hippodrome.
    然后他们突然被跑马场中间的一大片树丛遮挡住了。
15. We could hear the clump of his feet as he walked across the wooden floor.
    我们能听见他走过木头地板的沉重的脚步声。
16. It was as if he had hacked with his thick boots at a clump of bluebells.
    仿佛他用自己的厚靴子无情地践踏了一丛野风信子。
17. In general, fine particles tend to clump and agglomerate if they are moist or tacky.
    通常潮湿和粘性的微细颗粒易于聚集和结块。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. Bunch: a group of things growing close together; a cluster or clump.
    束，串，捆：靠得很近生长的一丛东西；一束或一串。
21. Someone was firing out from the clump of trees Bushes were interspersed among trees.
    有人从树丛中朝外开枪。
22. On a leaf nearby, a clump of tiny white balls have been glued on with red cement.
    在它旁边的一个树叶上，一簇小白球被红色的胶水粘着。
23. Rhizomes consistently short necked, culms always forming a single clump.
    一贯的根状茎短颈，秆总是形成一片单个的丛。
24. Embryonic stem cells clump together as a tiny and distinct blob inside fluid-filled balls called blastocysts.
    胚胎干细胞在叫做胚泡、满流体的球中凝结成一团小而明显的斑点。
25. They think that the clump that formed the earth was cold.
    他们认为，形成地球的这个凝聚块是冷的。
26. His car crashed into a clump of trees and overturned.
    他的汽车撞上树丛，翻倒在地。
27. Someone's hand around its clump of light.
    谁的手圈住了那束光亮。
28. He lay with his head pillowed on a clump of moss.
    他枕着一团苔藓躺着。
29. A clump or tuft, as of growing grass. tufted wiry rush of wide distribution.
    生草丛一丛，一簇，如一丛草广泛分布的一种丛生的、细的灯心草属植物。
30. 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。

  clump bunch bundle cluster【导航词义：束，串，群】

  clump n. 簇，丛

〔辨析〕指长在一起的树木、灌木或其他植物。

  bunch n. 束，串，捆

〔辨析〕指束、绑或长在一起的事物。

  bundle n. 包，扎

〔辨析〕指包或捆在一起的纸张、衣服、木棍等。

  cluster n. 串，群，簇

〔辨析〕指丛生的或聚集在一起的同类事物，如动植物、人、建筑等。

noun

1. a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

   Synonym:    thumpthumpingclunkthud

2. a grouping of a number of similar things
   1. a bunch of trees
   2. a cluster of admirers

   Synonym:    bunchclusterclustering

3. a compact mass
   1. a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder

   Synonym:    ballclodgloblumpchunk

verb

1. gather or cause to gather into a cluster
   1. She bunched her fingers into a fist

   Synonym:    bunchbunch upbundlecluster

2. walk clumsily

   Synonym:    clomp

3. come together as in a cluster or flock
   1. The poets constellate in this town every summer

   Synonym:    clusterconstellateflock

4. make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

   Synonym:    clopclunkplunk