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paraphernalia

/par-uh-fer-neyl-yuh, -fuh-neyl-/US // ˌpær ə fərˈneɪl yə, -fəˈneɪl- //UK // (ˌpærəfəˈneɪlɪə) //

饰品,饰品类,饰品店,饰品类物品

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
    • : personal belongings.
    • : Law. the personal articles, apart from dower, reserved by law to a married woman.

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Examples

  • From demonstrations and political paraphernalia on the podium to an athlete defecting at the Games, there’s been a marked increase in political activity in Tokyo over the past few days—but the Olympics have always been political.

  • Children have found needles and drug paraphernalia in the grass.

  • Looking back at all the paraphernalia I've spent money on, I just shake my head and wish I'd known this 30 years ago when I started to grow a mustache.

  • Our lab is physically just like an office that has nothing in it except for dog-related paraphernalia and some video cameras.

  • Cropped out of frame are the tangles of wires and extension cords, baskets of laundry to be folded, and growing pile of homeschooling paraphernalia kids accumulate.

  • I tell him about the Pleasure Chest--a Hollywood shop that sells sexual paraphernalia.

  • The conversation turned to Elvis when the Duchess mentioned her growing collection of Presley recordings and paraphernalia.

  • And this impression may be right…granted their children would have needed access to drugs and sex paraphernalia.

  • Offense V.a: Illegal possession or use of drugs and/or alcohol and/or drug paraphernalia.

  • Only its wall rifle display and rows of gun paraphernalia give it away.

  • As all three seemed perfectly willing to let him have their listening paraphernalia, Darry refused.

  • But she told them all the helpful things she could about setting up the radio paraphernalia and rigging the wires.

  • There was also a small scarlet-coated hunting costume and all the paraphernalia of the chase.

  • They carry the kit and camp paraphernalia for the men who go into the jungle sometimes for months.

  • Dunham shook his head as he bundled their paraphernalia out of the boat.