乱七八糟的

    两个美国的垃圾处理工在万圣节前夕处理一名去世男子乱七八糟的家，被告知收拾的两只“塑料”头骨居然是人类遗骸。请看本报昨日的报道：

    A pair of American junk haulers in Connecticut was stunned to learn over the weekend that two skulls picked up at the cluttered home of a deceased man on the day before Halloween were human remains, not made of plastic as they had thought.

    The skulls were among thousands of occult-related items that David Odice and Charlie Inzucchi of The Junkluggers Junk Removal Co. cleared out of the Fairfield home where Robert L. DeVitto lived until his death two weeks ago at age 56.

    报道中的cluttered就是“乱七八糟的”，clutter可作名词（杂乱的东西、喧闹），或者动词（乱堆放），declutter则是“收拾、整理”。例如：

    My bedroom is in such a clutter/so cluttered that I can’t find anything.

    我的房间很乱，我总是找不到东西。