clump
[klʌmp]
n. 丛, 块, 笨重脚声

[] 丛

[医] 凝块(菌)

1. He was clumping about in heavy boots that time.
   那正穿着笨重靴走走去。
2. Do you hear the clump of boots?
   靴咯咯声吗？
3. Do you see yonder clump of trees (ie that clump of trees over there)?
   看见那丛树吗?

clump
[ noun ]

1. a grouping of a number of similar things

<noun.group>
a bunch of trees
a cluster of admirers

2. a compact mass

<noun.group>
a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder

3. a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

<noun.event>

[ verb ]

1. make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

<verb.perception> clop clunk plunk

2. come together as in a cluster or flock

<verb.motion> cluster constellate flock
The poets constellate in this town every summer

3. walk clumsily

<verb.motion> clomp

4. gather or cause to gather into a cluster

<verb.contact> bunch bunch up bundle cluster
She bunched her fingers into a fist

Clump \Clump\, v. t.
To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.
--Blackmore.


Clump \Clump\, v. i.
To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.


Clump \Clump\ (kl[u^]mp), n. [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump,
klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. klump; perh. akin to L. globus, E.
globe. Cf. {Club}.]
1. An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

2. A cluster; a group; a thicket.

A clump of shrubby trees. --Hawthorne.

3. The compressed clay of coal strata. --Brande & C.