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单词 accessory
释义 accessory
 —accessorily,  adv.   —accessoriness,  n.  
 /ak ses"euh ree/,  n.  ,  pl.   accessories,  adj.  
  n.  
  1. a subordinate or supplementary part, object, or the like, used mainly for convenience, attractiveness, safety, etc., as a spotlight on an automobile or a lens cover on a camera.
  2. an article or set of articles of dress, as gloves, earrings, or a scarf, that adds completeness, convenience, attractiveness, etc., to one's basic outfit.
  3.  Law.  
   a. Also called accessory before the fact. a person who, though not present during the commission of a felony, is guilty of having aided and abetted another, who committed the felony.
   b. Also called accessory after the fact. a person who knowingly conceals or assists another who has committed a felony. Cf. principal (def. 9b).
  4.  Anat.   See accessory nerve.
  adj.  
  5. contributing to a general effect; supplementary; subsidiary.
  6.  Law.   giving aid as an accessory.
  7.  Petrog.   noting any mineral whose presence in a rock has no bearing on the classification of the rock, as zircon in granite.
 [1400-50; late ME accessorie ( < MF) < ML accessorius. See ACCEDE, -TORY1]
 Syn. 1. See addition. 3. accomplice.
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