英语词汇“all mod cons”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Any amenity, appliance, etc., regarded as typical of a well-equipped, modern home, and which contributes to an easier and more comfortable way of life; a gadget or labour-saving device. Usually in plural, esp. in all mod cons. Also in extended use.Originally and still used in estate agents' advertisements (see quot. 1934); frequent use of all mod cons has given rise to hyphenation in an attributive context, e.g. all-mod-cons apartment.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [noun] > a convenience

ease1393

readiness1523

convenience1609

accommodation1612

conveniency1638

modern convenience1859

amenity1913

mod con1934

1934 Punch 24 Jan. 86/2 An advertisement..describing just such a house as we wanted. Just the right number of rooms, ‘five minutes from the station, h. & c. in all bedrooms, all mod. cons.’

1952 A. Hocking Best Laid Plans ix. 135 Four bedrooms, two sitting-rooms, k. and b., as the house agents say; every mod. con.

1963 Times 13 Feb. 11/4 Such a sophisticated ‘mod. con.’, the equivalent of a hot bath to splash in, is, generally speaking, beyond the ambition of the normal duck.

1966 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Company I've Kept xiii. 188 We had no ‘mod cons’, and were getting too old to put up with really primitive conditions.

1972 G. Durrell Catch me Colobus v. 99 It's a modest little place..but it's got all mod. con. and that sort of thing.

1986 Punch 18 June 33/1 All we have is a place with no modcons—no mains anything, electricity, water, sewage.

1999 J. Burchill Married Alive xiii. 192 I just know he's contrasting..the so-called ‘life’ he's ‘given’ me, with all mod cons and sun-dried tomatoes, with where I've come from.

单词	all mod cons
释义	> as lemmas all mod cons Any amenity, appliance, etc., regarded as typical of a well-equipped, modern home, and which contributes to an easier and more comfortable way of life; a gadget or labour-saving device. Usually in plural, esp. in all mod cons. Also in extended use.Originally and still used in estate agents' advertisements (see quot. 1934); frequent use of all mod cons has given rise to hyphenation in an attributive context, e.g. all-mod-cons apartment. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [noun] > a convenience ease1393 readiness1523 convenience1609 accommodation1612 conveniency1638 modern convenience1859 amenity1913 mod con1934 1934 Punch 24 Jan. 86/2 An advertisement..describing just such a house as we wanted. Just the right number of rooms, ‘five minutes from the station, h. & c. in all bedrooms, all mod. cons.’ 1952 A. Hocking Best Laid Plans ix. 135 Four bedrooms, two sitting-rooms, k. and b., as the house agents say; every mod. con. 1963 Times 13 Feb. 11/4 Such a sophisticated ‘mod. con.’, the equivalent of a hot bath to splash in, is, generally speaking, beyond the ambition of the normal duck. 1966 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Company I've Kept xiii. 188 We had no ‘mod cons’, and were getting too old to put up with really primitive conditions. 1972 G. Durrell Catch me Colobus v. 99 It's a modest little place..but it's got all mod. con. and that sort of thing. 1986 Punch 18 June 33/1 All we have is a place with no modcons—no mains anything, electricity, water, sewage. 1999 J. Burchill Married Alive xiii. 192 I just know he's contrasting..the so-called ‘life’ he's ‘given’ me, with all mod cons and sun-dried tomatoes, with where I've come from. extracted from mod conn. < as lemmas
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