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- a group of similar things growing closely together一丛, 一簇, 一束, 一串：
clusters of creamy-white flowers.
一丛丛米色鲜花。
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- a group of people or similar things positioned or occurring close together（人、物集中出现的）一群, 一组：
a cluster of antique shops.
古董店群。
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- Astronomy a group of stars or galaxies forming a relatively close association【天文】星团; 星系团。
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- Linguistics （亦作consonant cluster）a group of consonants pronounced in immediate succession, as str in strong【语言学】辅音群, 辅音连缀（一组连续发音的辅音, 如strong中的str）。
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- a natural subgroup of a population, used for statistical sampling or analysis抽样人群。
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- Chemistry a group of atoms of the same element, typically a metal, bonded closely together in a molecule【化】基。
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1- be or come into a cluster or close group; congregate群集, 丛生; 聚集：
the children clustered round her skirts.
孩子们围聚在她裙边。
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- Statistics (of data points) have similar numerical values【统计】（数据点）具近似数值：
students tended to have marks clustering around 70 per cent.
学生们的分数都在70分左右。
词源
Old English clyster; probably related to CLOT.