clunter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈklʌn.tə/    美 /ˈklʌn.tɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large mass or lump. dialectal
  2. Clatter, noise. dialectal
  3. A clod of earth. dialectal
  4. Confusion. dialectal
动词 v.
  1. To become lumpy, run in clots; to coagulate, curdle. dialectal,intransitive
  2. To make noise with the feet while walking; to tread heavily. dialectal,intransitive
  3. To assemble clumsily. dialectal,transitive

词形变化

clunters plural clunther alternative clunters present,singular,third-person cluntering participle,present cluntered participle,past cluntered past clunters present,singular,third-person cluntering participle,present cluntered participle,past cluntered past clunther alternative clointer alternative clonter alternative clunters plural clunther alternative clointer alternative clonter alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
clunterbush clunterhead
相关词
cluntish

词源

词源 1
From Middle Dutch clonter (modern Dutch klonter (“lump, clod”), an extension of Middle Dutch clont (“shapeless mass, clump”), related to Middle Low German klunter, klünter (“lump”), German Low German Klunter (“clump, clod”), Saterland Frisian Kluntje (“sugar cube”).
词源 2
From Middle Dutch clonteren (“to clot”), whence Dutch klonteren (“to become lumpy”). Cognate with West Frisian klonterje (“to become lumpy”), German Low German kluntern (“to curdle”).
词源 3
Origin obscure. Cognate with Scots clanter (“to make a clattering noise”). Perhaps from Middle English clondren (“to drone, hum”); alternatively, from clunt (“to walk noisily; tread heavily”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle Low German klunderen (“to rumble, make a noise”).
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