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单词 accoutrements
释义
accoutrementsac‧cou‧tre‧ments /əˈkuːtrəmənts/ (also ac‧cou‧ter‧ments /əˈkuːtəmənts $ -tər-/ American English) noun [plural] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINaccouterments
Origin:
1500-1600 French accoutrement, from accoutre ‘to provide with equipment’, from Old French cousture ‘sewing, seam’
Examples
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  • Again, the undertaker offered two choices to the client: outright purchase of all the accoutrements or the hire thereof.
  • Children whose entire existence has been saturated with these accoutrements reached college age during the 1990s.
  • Each vied with others in the number of his retainers, the magnificence of his robes and accoutrements.
  • How he loved these accoutrements of the game.
  • Rain, fog and mist are the acceptable accoutrements of northern gales.
  • The room, with its unusual decor and accoutrements, was always kept locked.
  • You had an Instruction Book, all your various accoutrements at home.
formal the equipment needed for a particular activity or way of life:  the stylish accoutrements of an English country gentleman
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