1550s, "to collect in heaps," variant of clotern "to form clots, to heap on" (c. 1400); related to clot (n.). Sense of "to litter" is first recorded 1660s. Related: Cluttered; cluttering.
clutter (n.)
1570s, "things lying in heaps or confusion," from clutter (v.); the "litter" sense is from 1660s.
例文
1. Caroline prefers her worktops to be clear of clutter .
キャロラインはキッチンテーブルをきちんと片付けるのが好きだ。
2.Empty soft-drink cans clutter the desks.
空の飲料缶が机の上にむやみに積み上げられている。
3.Don 't clutter the page with too many diagrams.
あまり図表を用いて紙面を積み上げるな。
4.The clutter of ships had little room to manoeuvre.
船は縦横無尽に押し合い、移動するスペースはほとんどありません。
5.The garage is in such a clutter that we can 't find anything.