Question

baggage

Accepted Answer

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarybag·gage I \ˈba-gij\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English bagage, from Middle French, from bagues belongings, baggage DATE 15th century1. suitcases, trunks, and personal belongings of travelers :luggage2. transportable equipment especially of a military force3. intangible things (as feelings, circumstances, or beliefs) that get in the way emotional baggage II noun ETYMOLOGY probably modification of Middle French bagasse,from Old Occitan bagassa DATE 15941. a contemptible woman; especially : prostitute2. a young womanEnglish Etymologybaggage mid-15c., from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. bagage "baggage, (military) equipment" (14c.), from bague "pack, bundle, sack," ultimately from the same Scandinavian source that yielded bag.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ baggagebag·gage / 5bA^idV / noun[U] 1. (especially NAmE) = luggage : excess baggage (= weighing more than the limit allowed on a plane) 超重行李(超出乘飞机所允许的重量) baggage handlers (= people employed to load and unload baggage at airports) (机场)行李员 (NAmE) We loaded our baggage into the car. 我们把行李装上了汽车。 2. the beliefs and attitudes that sb has as a result of their past experiences (因阅历而形成的)信仰,看法: She was carrying a lot of emotional baggage. 她背负着很多感情债。 IDIOMS ⇨ see bag n. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishbaggage noun ADJ. carry-on, hand | excess At the airport I found that I had 100kg of excess baggage. | emotional, spiritual (figurative) She's still carrying all that emotional baggage from her first marriage. QUANT. item, piece VERB + BAGGAGE carry | go through, search | check in Where do we check in our baggage? | claim, reclaim Let's claim our baggage first. BAGGAGE + NOUN allowance | trolley | handler | claim, reclaim the baggage reclaim hall | train Extensive baggage trains followed the troops. OLTbaggage noun⇨ suitcaseWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedbaggageI. \ˈbagij, -aig-, -gēj\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English bagage, from Middle French, from bague bundle (perhaps from Old Norse baggi bag) + -age1. : a group of traveling bags, trunks, or both especially when packed and in transit : personal belongings of travelers either carried by hand or checked with a carrier : luggage < the baggage was brought from the attic for packing > < since there were only a couple of small pieces, the traveler carried his own baggage >2. : equipment that is transported or that can be transported < the baggage of an army >: furnishings, apparatus < the baggage of a science laboratory >3. a. : a combination of extraneous, superfluous, or intrusive things and circumstances that may impede free activity, progress, or the attainment of a specific goal < smooth speech and writing depend very much upon freedom from purist grammar and from other linguistic baggage > b. : theories, notions, or practices viewed as outmoded or as otherwise conflicting with and retarding desirable development < cultural baggage which the Puritans brought from England to America in the seventeenth century — I.V.Brown > < mental baggage from bygone days — D.G.Haring >4. [probably by folk etymology from Middle French bagasse, from Old Provençal bagassa] a. : a worthless or vile woman < and it's wicked of me. You must think me a shameless baggage— Max Peacock > < a disreputable old baggage, dealing in grass skirts and shrunken human heads — Wolcott Gibbs > : a woman of loose morals : prostitute b. : a young woman or girl; especially : a girl or young woman who is the object of affection, playfulness, usually gentle criticism, or a somewhat patronizing attitude < a toothsome blond baggage — New Yorker > < she's a pretty little baggage — Walter O'Meara >II. adjectiveobsolete : worthless, trashy, rubbishy < a baggage scroundel >

Baggage A Woman Noun Middle From Dictionary I