| 单词 | sundry |
| 释义 | sundry (once / 889 pages) adj A woman emptying out her purse after many years might find an old stick of gum, a pair of broken sunglasses, a few movie tickets, and sundry items, meaning that that her purse was filled with a random collection of unrelated things. Most people associate the word sundry with the old-fashioned drugstore in their neighborhood that used to sell all sorts of odds and ends, from magazines to hairbrushes. The word is typically used as an adjective to describe a collection of various different items found in one place, as in — "I discovered records, perfume bottles, and sundry items at my neighbor's yard sale." The phrase "all and sundry" refers collectively to a group of people, as in, "I invited all and sundry of my relatives to my tea party." WORD FAMILYsundry: sundrily USAGE EXAMPLESThe gilt decorations Gouthière provided for sundry status objects enhanced their beauty and also their light-reflecting capacity, always important before electricity. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Various sundry items, such as eyeglasses recovered from inside the bombed-out structure, bear chilling testimony to the human costs of that day. Washington Times(Nov 27, 2016) Money raised through the Neediest Cases Fund provides children with sundry items, from prom dresses to textbooks, that help them live normal lives. New York Times(Nov 12, 2016) adj consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds " sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards Syn assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley heterogeneous, heterogenous consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature |
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