1550s, "to collect in heaps," variant of clotern "to form clots, to heap on" (c. 1400); related to clot (n.). Sense of "to litter" is first recorded 1660s. Related: Cluttered; cluttering.
clutter (n.)
1570s, "things lying in heaps or confusion," from clutter (v.); the "litter" sense is from 1660s.
权威例句
1. Caroline prefers her worktops to be clear of clutter.
卡罗琳喜欢把厨房台面收拾得整整齐齐。
2. Empty soft-drink cans clutter the desks.
空饮料罐胡乱地堆在桌上。
3. Don't clutter the page with too many diagrams.
别用太多的图表来堆砌版面。
4. The clutter of ships had little room to manoeuvre.
船只橫七竖八地挤在一起,几乎没有多少移动的空间.
5. The garage is in such a clutter that we can't find anything.