用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
People clustered round the notice board.人们聚集在布告栏周围。
The deer clustered together near the water.那些鹿集结在水边。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The police clustered the people on the corner.警察把人们集中在转角处。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
Most of the foreign embassies are clustered in this area.大多数的外国使馆都集中在这个地区。

［同义词］ n. & v. bunch, group, swarm, throng
［词源］＜古英语clyster(一串)

She held a cluster of flowers in her arms.她抱着一束鲜花。
A cluster of tourists was surrounded in the hill.一群游客被困在山中。

cluster, bunch, group
参见bunch条。