| 单词 |
odds and ends |
| 释义 |
odds and endsˌodds and ˈends (also ˌodds and ˈsods British English informal) noun [plural]  - We packed just about everything, but probably left some odds and ends behind.
- Cheerful little odds and ends arranged with flair can often make a room seem far more interesting than much grander collections.
- He felt heavy, saturated, crammed with more or less repulsive odds and ends he neither wanted nor needed to know.
- It was a cupboard used by the cleaners that contained a number of other odds and ends.
- It was only three minutes down the road, and Jim always had a storehouse of odds and ends.
- The orange conning tower sits abandoned on the dock amid odds and ends of superstructure.
- Unlike him I have always found the little odds and ends Sellotaped to the front cover both interesting and useful.
- Wycliffe had a little room where he kept his books and papers, his photographs and odds and ends he valued.
several things of different types► things use this when you are talking about two or more things of different types and you do not need to say what they are: · I threw a few things into a bag and ran to the car.somebody's things spoken (=the things that someone owns or that they are carrying with them): · She's coming back later to get her things.all sorts/kinds of things (=a lot of different types of things): · They sell furniture, toys, cards - all sorts of things. ► stuff informal spoken objects or possessions of different types: · I don't know how we're going to get all this stuff into the car.somebody's stuff: · You're not going to have a lot of time to pack up your stuff before you move. ► junk spoken things that are not useful and should be thrown away, for example because they are old or broken: · I must clean out this cupboard - it's absolutely full of junk.· They have so much junk in their yard. It makes the neighborhood look awful. ► odds and ends several different things, especially small things that are not of much value: · In the drawer she found a photograph, an old hairbrush, and various other odds and ends.· Odds and ends that haven't sold have been drastically reduced in price. ► bits and pieces also bits and bobs British informal a number of small objects that are all different from each other: · There are all sorts of bits and pieces in this box.· Do any of these bits and bobs belong to you? ► paraphernalia a large number of different things which you need for a particular activity - you can often use this humorously : · The car is packed solid with all our camping paraphernalia.· She was charged with possessing drug paraphernalia. small things of various kinds without much value: He didn’t keep much in his desk – just a few odds and ends. |
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