Tra từ litter - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

lit·ter [litter litters littered littering] noun, verb BrE [ˈlɪtə(r)] NAmE [ˈlɪtər]
noun
1. uncountable small pieces of rubbish/garbage such as paper, cans and bottles, that people have left lying in a public place
•There will be fines for people who drop litter.
2. singular ~ of sth a number of things that are lying in an untidy way
•The floor was covered with a litter of newspapers, clothes and empty cups.
3. uncountable a dry substance that is put in a shallow open box for pets, especially cats, to use as a toilet when they are indoors
•cat litter
• (BrE)a litter tray
• (NAmE)a litter box
4. countable a number of baby animals that one mother gives birth to at the same time
•a litter of puppies
•the runt (= the smallest and weakest baby) of the litter
5. uncountable the substance, especially ↑straw, that is used for farm animals to sleep on
6. countable a kind of chair or bed that was used in the past for carrying important people

Word Origin:
Middle English (originally referring to a structure used to carry people carried on men's shoulders or by animals): from Old French litiere, from medieval Latin lectaria, from Latin lectus ‘bed’. Senses 1 and 2 date from the mid 18th cent.

Example Bank:
•Please do not leave litter after your picnic.
•The local council has pledged to clamp down on litter louts on the beach.
•‘Chief’ was born six years ago, one of a litter of 11.
•Pick up your litter and take it home with you.
•There will be fines for people who drop litter.
•a litter of puppies/kittens
•the runt of the litter

verb
1. transitive ~ sth to be spread around a place, making it look untidy
•Piles of books and newspapers littered the floor.
•Broken glass littered the streets.
2. transitive, usually passive, intransitive ~ (sth) (with sth) to leave things in a place, making it look untidy
•The floor was littered with papers.
• (NAmE)He was arrested for littering.
3. transitive be littered with sthto contain or involve a lot of a particular type of thing, usually sth bad
•Your essay is littered with spelling mistakes.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (originally referring to a structure used to carry people carried on men's shoulders or by animals): from Old French litiere, from medieval Latin lectaria, from Latin lectus ‘bed’. Senses 1 and 2 date from the mid 18th cent.