litter

/ˈlɪtər/

意味: ゴミ、子（動物の）

例文: Momo hid in a litter of kittens.
　　  モモが子猫の群れに紛れて隠れた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: litter box(猫用トイレ), litter bin(ゴミ箱), litter of puppies(子犬の一腹)

定義: 地面や公共の場所に捨てられたゴミや紙くずのことを指します。また、動物が一度に産む子供たちのことも指します。環境を汚す原因となるため、公共の場ではゴミを捨てないようにすることが大切です。

litterは約200,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
Noun: rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
Noun: conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
Noun: material used to provide a bed for animals
Verb: strew
Verb: make a place messy by strewing garbage around
Verb: give birth to a litter of animals

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Please do not litter in the park.(公園でゴミを捨てないでください。)
The cat had a litter of four kittens.(猫は四匹の子猫を産みました。)
We need to clean up the beach litter.(ビーチのゴミを片付ける必要があります。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: Cigar butts littered the ground

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bedding, bedding material, litter

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): animal group, be, conveyance, give birth, material, rubbish, strew

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, abrasive, accept, account, account for, act, adhesive material, aggregate, ammunition, animal material, answer, appear, atom, bake, balance, ballast, be well, beat, bedding material, begin, belong, bestrew, bimetal, breathe, breed, brood, builder, buy, calve, caste, chemical, clean, clowder, cohere, colony, coloring material, come in for, come in handy, compact, compare, composite material, conductor, confuse, connect, consist, contain, contaminant, continue, cost, count, cover, cub, cut, cut across, debris, deck, depend, deserve, detritus, diamagnet, disagree, discharge, distribute, diverge, dolly, draw, drop, drove, dust, earth, elastomer, end, fall, farrow, fawn, feel, fiber, figure, filling, fit, floccule, flock, fluff, foal, foam, gape, go, gravitate, hail, hang, have a bun in the oven, hazmat, head, herd, hold, homogenate, hoodoo, horsebox, hum, humate, impend, impregnation, incarnate, insulator, iridesce, jumble, kill, kitten, lamb, lend, let go, lie, litter, loiter, look, lubricate, mail, make, make sense, measure, mineral, mope, object, osculate, owe, pack, packing material, paper, particulate, pay, plant material, pod, point, precursor, press, pride, promise, prove, public transport, put out, radioactive material, rage, range, rank, rate, raw material, recognize, relate, remain, represent, rest, retard, rind, rock, roll-on roll-off, run, run into, rut, school, scrap metal, sealing material, seem, seethe, sell, shine, shipping, sidecar, ski tow, sorbate, sorbent, sparkle, specify, squat, stagnate, stand, stand by, stay, stick, stink, subtend, suck, suffer, suit, swim, swing, team, telpher, tend, test, thickening, toner, total, trailer, tramway, translate, transparent substance, transplant, trim, twin, undercut, underlie, vehicle, vernix, wad, want, warren, wash, waste, whelp, wind, work

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): covered couch, palanquin, sedan, stretcher

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: litter, litterer

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): er

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative