clump
意味
- 木立ち,やぶ,茂み
- (土などの)かたまり;(人などの)集団,(細菌の)群がり《+of+名》
- 《副詞[句]を伴って》ドスンドスンと歩く
- 〈細菌などが〉群がる《+together》
- …を群がらせる,かたまりにする
例文
There are clumps of daisies here and there.
あちこちにヒナギクが群生している。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English clompe, from Old English clymppe, a variant of clympre (“a lump or mass of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“lump, clamp”). Alternatively, possibly from Middle Dutch clompe or Middle Low German klumpe (compare German Klumpen). Doublet of klomp. Cognates include Danish klump (probably from Low German as well). Compare Norwegian Bokmål klump.