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ordinary adj.平凡的；普通的；平淡的 (1) 我只要一辆没有多余装饰的普通汽车。(2) 现在家用电器已经步入普通家庭。(3) 那是一顿平淡的午餐:一份汤,一份三明治。(4) 房子的内部相当平淡无奇。 Although we often use the adjective ordinary to mean "ho-hum, nothing special," it actually comes from the Latin root for "rule." You could think of ordinary things as almost like rules in your life. As a noun it has other meanings. In heraldry (that's the art of the family shield), an ordinary is a conventional figure. A probate judge is called an ordinary, as is the clergyman who prepares prisoners for death.

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英 ['ɔːdnri] 美 ['ɔːrdneri] (1) I just want an ordinary car without the frills.(2) Now electrical appliances have entered into ordinary families.(3) It was an ordinary lunch of soup and a sandwich.(4) The inside of the house is rather ordinary. Something ordinary is something that happens every day. Maybe you should skip your ordinary breakfast and try something new. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]平常的；普通的；一般的；平凡的 Ordinary people or things are normal and not special or different in any way.   [usu ADJ n]I strongly suspect that most ordinary people would agree with me...我坚定地认为绝大部分老百姓会赞同我的观点。It has 25 calories less than ordinary ice cream...它所含热量比普通的冰激凌少了25卡路里。It was just an ordinary weekend for us.对我们来说，这只是一个平常的周末。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]平庸的；平淡无奇的 If you describe someone or something as ordinary, you mean they are not special or interesting in any way and may be rather dull. I'm just a very ordinary, boring normal guy...我只是一个颇为平庸无趣的普通人。Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary.你的生活从那时起一定非常平淡无奇。...very ordinary, if very well made, drinking glasses, lamps and tableware.制作精良但毫无特色的酒杯、灯具和餐具3[PHRASE 短语]不寻常的；非凡的；特殊的 Something that is out of the ordinary is unusual or different.   [usu v-link PHR]The boy's knowledge was out of the ordinary...这个男孩懂得的知识非比寻常。I've noticed nothing out of the ordinary.我没注意到什么特别之处。

英语单词	ordinary
英美音标	英 ['ɔːdnri] 美 ['ɔːrdneri]
中文释义	adj.平凡的；普通的；平淡的
英语例句	(1) I just want an ordinary car without the frills. (2) Now electrical appliances have entered into ordinary families. (3) It was an ordinary lunch of soup and a sandwich. (4) The inside of the house is rather ordinary.
中文例句	(1) 我只要一辆没有多余装饰的普通汽车。 (2) 现在家用电器已经步入普通家庭。 (3) 那是一顿平淡的午餐:一份汤,一份三明治。 (4) 房子的内部相当平淡无奇。
vocabulary简明	Something ordinary is something that happens every day. Maybe you should skip your ordinary breakfast and try something new.
vocabulary扩展	Although we often use the adjective ordinary to mean "ho-hum, nothing special," it actually comes from the Latin root for "rule." You could think of ordinary things as almost like rules in your life. As a noun it has other meanings. In heraldry (that's the art of the family shield), an ordinary is a conventional figure. A probate judge is called an ordinary, as is the clergyman who prepares prisoners for death.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]平常的；普通的；一般的；平凡的 Ordinary people or things are normal and not special or different in any way. [usu ADJ n] I strongly suspect that most ordinary people would agree with me... 我坚定地认为绝大部分老百姓会赞同我的观点。 It has 25 calories less than ordinary ice cream... 它所含热量比普通的冰激凌少了25卡路里。 It was just an ordinary weekend for us. 对我们来说，这只是一个平常的周末。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]平庸的；平淡无奇的 If you describe someone or something as ordinary, you mean they are not special or interesting in any way and may be rather dull. I'm just a very ordinary, boring normal guy... 我只是一个颇为平庸无趣的普通人。 Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary. 你的生活从那时起一定非常平淡无奇。 ...very ordinary, if very well made, drinking glasses, lamps and tableware. 制作精良但毫无特色的酒杯、灯具和餐具 3 [PHRASE 短语]不寻常的；非凡的；特殊的 Something that is out of the ordinary is unusual or different. [usu v-link PHR] The boy's knowledge was out of the ordinary... 这个男孩懂得的知识非比寻常。 I've noticed nothing out of the ordinary. 我没注意到什么特别之处。

Ordinary I Things Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 People Normal Special