Front | sundry |
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Pron | ['sʌndri] |
Back | 【sundry】 adj.种种的 From sundry hints, I guessed I was to be given a bicycle for my birthday present. 从种种的暗示来看,我猜我生日时可得一辆脚踏车。 |
Vocab | sundryconsisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
A woman emptying out her purse after many years might find an old stick of gum, a pair of broken sunglasses, a few movie tickets, and sundry items, meaning that that her purse was filled with a random collection of unrelated things. Most people associate the word sundry with the old-fashioned drugstore in their neighborhood that used to sell all sorts of odds and ends, from magazines to hairbrushes. The word is typically used as an adjective to describe a collection of various different items found in one place, as in — "I discovered records, perfume bottles, and sundry items at my neighbor's yard sale." The phrase "all and sundry" refers collectively to a group of people, as in, "I invited all and sundry of my relatives to my tea party." All forms of 'sundry' will appear on average once every 888 pages. sundry |
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