| 单词 | quotidian |
| 释义 | quotidian (once / 38127 pages) adj Quotidian is a fancy way of saying "daily" or "ordinary." Quotidian events are the everyday details of life. When you talk about the quotidian, you're talking about the little things in life: everyday events that are normal and not that exciting. Going to the store, doing chores, working or going to school, and brushing your teeth are all quotidian. If you take a spaceship to Mars, that would be unusual and extraordinary: the opposite of quotidian. WORD FAMILYquotidian USAGE EXAMPLESIt was the perfect Garcon moment: a quotidian announcement in which he played second fiddle to someone else. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Seemingly quotidian moments flicker with the past, with pain, with humor, with glimpses of insight. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) Not that the playwright stints on the quotidian details. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) adj found in the ordinary course of events "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant Syn everyday, mundane, routine, unremarkable, workaday ordinary not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree |
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