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mom and pop

/mom-uhn-pop/US // ˈmɒm ənˈpɒp //

妈妈和爸爸,母婴用品,母婴,妈妈和流行音乐

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a small retail business, usually owned and operated by members of a family: a mom-and-pop grocery.
    • : of or indicating something, as an enterprise, investment, or project, that is independent, small in scope, and modestly financed.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mom-and-pops.

    • : a small-scale, owner-operated business.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • Sophisticated, nuanced, melodious pop music, that sweeps you away.

  • I meant no harm by it, but I remembered how this person talked, and I did it for my Mom and she was not into it.

  • Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.

  • Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.

  • They were eaten too quickly, in long gulps of four-and-twenty hours at a time.

  • He walked over to the table and mixed two tumblers of whiskey-and-soda, wondering why he had not thought of it before.