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- a small group of trees or plants growing closely together树丛, 植物丛:
a clump of ferns.
一丛蕨类植物。
1.1
- a small, compact group of people(人)群:
they sat on the wall in clumps of two and three.
他们三三两两坐在墙上。
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- a compacted mass or lump of something(密实的)团; 块:
clumps of earth.
几块泥土。
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- Physiology an agglutinated mass of blood cells or bacteria, especially as an indicator of the presence of an antibody to them【生理】(尤指标明抗体存在的)血细胞团; 细菌凝块。
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- a thick extra sole on a boot or shoe(靴、鞋的)厚鞋底。
词源
Middle English (denoting a heap or lump): partly imitative, reinforced by Middle Low German klumpe and Middle Dutch klompe; related to CLUB2.