| 单词 | run-of-the-mill |
| 释义 | run-of-the-mill (once / 38626 pages) adj Something run-of-the-mill is average and unexceptional. Nothing unusual happens during a run-of-the-mill day. Originally, this term has to do with material produced by a mill — such as lumber — that had the same size and quality. From there, it came to refer to other things that don't vary. A run-of-the-mill baseball player is ordinary: not great, but not terrible. A run-of-the-mill school grade is C. If something is very good or bad, it's noteworthy and therefore not run-of-the-mill. WORD FAMILYrun-of-the-mill USAGE EXAMPLESAnd as the intensity of Sunday’s game proved, this was a lot more than a run-of-the-mill regular season game for the players, too. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) The people I dealt with were not run-of-the-mill battlefield detainees, but hardened terrorists. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) Imagine a two-tiered society with elite citizens, genetically engineered to be smarter, healthier and to live longer, and an underclass of biologically run-of-the-mill humans. The Guardian(Dec 02, 2016) adj not special in any way run-of-the-mill boxing Syn mine run, run-of-the-mine, unexceptional ordinary not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree |
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