cluster
US: /ˈkɫəstɝ/
UK: /klˈʌstɐ/
UK: /klˈʌstɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
cluster /'klʌstə/
- danh từ
- đám, bó, cụm; đàn, bầy
- a cluster of people: đám người
- a cluster of flowers: bó hoa
- a cluster of bees: đàn ong
- a cluster of bananas: nải chuối
- đám, bó, cụm; đàn, bầy
- nội động từ
- mọc thành đám, mọc thành cụm (cây cối); ra thành cụm (hoa quả)
- tụ họp lại, tụm lại
- children cluster round mother: con cái tụm lại quanh mẹ
- ngoại động từ
- thu gộp, góp lại, hợp lại, bó lại
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a group of things of the same type that grow or appear close together: a cluster of stars + The plant bears its flowers in clusters. + a leukaemia cluster (= an area where there are more cases of the disease than you would expect) + a consonant cluster (= a group of consonants next to each other in a word or phrase)
2 a group of people, animals or things close together: a cluster of spectators + a little cluster of houses
+ verb [V +adv./prep.] ~ (together) to come together in a small group or groups: The children clustered together in the corner of the room. + The doctors clustered anxiously around his bed.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 collection, bunch, clutch, tuft, bundle:
Notice that cluster of flowers near the top of the plant.
2 collection, bunch, group, knot, body, band, company, gathering, crowd, assembly, congregation, throng, flock, assemblage, swarm:
A cluster of well-wishers stood talking with the minister.
v.
3 collect, bunch, group, band, gather, crowd, congregate, throng, assemble, accumulate, mass, aggregate:
A number of people clustered round the new sculpture. Why do these flowers cluster at this tree?
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
little, small | compact, dense
PREP.
in a/the ~
The church stood in a small cluster of farmers' cottages.
| ~ of
a dense cluster of buildings
ADV.
closely, tightly | together
The group clustered together closely.
PREP.
about/around/round
The children clustered around their teacher.
Concise English dictionary
clusters|clustered|clustering'klʌstə
noun
+a grouping of a number of similar things
verb
+come together as in a cluster or flock
+gather or cause to gather into a cluster
