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单词 miscellaneous
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Definition of miscellaneous in English:

miscellaneous

adjective ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəsˌmɪsəˈleɪniəs
  • 1(of items or people gathered or considered together) of various types or from different sources.

    (人,物)混杂的;各种各样的

    he picked up the miscellaneous papers in his in tray

    他从文件盒里拿起各种各样的文件。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Photographs of celebrations, family gatherings, and miscellaneous snapshots predominate the piece.
    • Her white desk was cluttered with more stuffed animals, miscellaneous papers and schoolbooks.
    • Items found in the master bathroom included a laptop computer found inside a locked closet, a digital camera found by a sink and miscellaneous papers.
    • I stopped, glared at the stupid cassette, disgusted, and threw it down on my desk on top of some miscellaneous papers.
    • How exactly do you let your travel agent know that you want to see part of the countryside with miscellaneous stops at points unknown?
    • You make your way through the game finding keys, weapons, and miscellaneous stuff as you go.
    • There were cut out newspaper articles about hockey and other miscellaneous pieces of paper.
    • A window is open with a box of miscellaneous junk strewn outside.
    • In this drawer he held knick-knacks, souvenirs, and other miscellaneous items.
    • I picked up the miscellaneous junk that lay sprawled on the bed and dumped it into the black cloth.
    • Usually a few would fall, accompanied by miscellaneous schoolbag objects like pens and papers.
    • I assume that the hospitals in China are still run by the state because there are a lot of miscellaneous fees you have to pay if you want to get treated.
    • Paula pays for her books and miscellaneous expenses from summer employment savings.
    • I'm buried under stacks of papers, miscellaneous missives, and mementos.
    • But I have miscellaneous other things to prepare for over the next couple of days, which I can't discuss at the moment.
    • To qualify, your combined miscellaneous business deductions must exceed 2% of your adjusted gross income.
    • Part 6 provides for transitional and miscellaneous provisions, repeals, and amendments.
    • Place car care items and miscellaneous items on shelves in clearly labeled boxes or bins.
    • I trust that you're not too upset by this continuing state of affairs, and are managing to take your mind off it with other miscellaneous pursuits.
    • On the table in which he was working on, there was a huge jar of pickles along with a neat pile of papers, books and miscellaneous pens and mechanical pencils.
    Synonyms
    various, varied, different, assorted, mixed, diverse, disparate, sundry, many and different, variegated, diversified, motley, multifarious, jumbled, confused, indiscriminate, heterogeneous
    literary divers
    rare farraginous
    1. 1.1 (of a collection or group) composed of members or elements of different kinds.
      (集合的人或物)各色各样的;成分混杂的
      a miscellaneous collection of well-known ne'er-do-wells

      来自三教九流的一群知名阿混。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Here, at last, among the miscellaneous accumulation of the family's past, I struck gold.
      • The earliest zoos were miscellaneous private collections of animals for curiosity rather than scientific study.
      • The collection is miscellaneous in the sense that the pieces were prompted by different occasions and treat different topics.
      • A miscellaneous group of politicians and journalists found a haven in their mansion by the Thames.
      • It would seem that these results were obtained in a miscellaneous group of volunteers, dominated by 36 women.
      • There is also a miscellaneous group of works that have some characteristics of this type of sampler, but cannot be easily placed in one group or another.
      • The final selection of four papers explores an even more miscellaneous assortment of problems.
      • Tradesmen in the towns also sold a miscellaneous collection of manufactured goods, which they imported from English and Scottish towns.
      • The second line of criticism might be raised by a rather more miscellaneous group of critics.
      Synonyms
      mixed, assorted, variegated, diversified, composite, heterogeneous

Derivatives

  • miscellaneously

  • adverb
    • We have migrated from a room of miscellaneously tossed drawings to a full-service archival facility.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We were miscellaneously assigned to different boats.
      • There are twenty or thirty pages in it of fascinating romantic attraction, and the whole book, though somewhat rudely and miscellaneously put together, is animated, and tells us what we wish to know.
      • Suddenly, about a third of the people on the sidewalk, miscellaneously distributed in the general throng, will start dancing like crazy and continue to do so for for about a minute.
      • More updates have been miscellaneously been adding around the site.
  • miscellaneousness

  • noun ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəsnəsˌmɪsəˈleɪnjəsnəs
    • The categories are hardly water-tight nor could they be; the miscellaneousness inevitable to the programme of a conference of broad scope and international character resists definitive pigeon-holing, and some of the more interesting contributions cut right across the established boundaries.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • About Evans’ work in general he wrote that it revealed ‘a certain hideous miscellaneousness of American life.’
      • The area of Uri offers the best possible miscellaneousness of summertime activities on cramped space.
      • With the vast power of modern computing and the various ways the web can be used, we no longer have to use such categories and we can better exercise our imaginations and understanding through the structured miscellaneousness that cyber tools make possible.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin miscellaneus (from miscellus 'mixed', from miscere 'to mix') + -ous. In earlier use the word also described a person as 'having various qualities'.

Rhymes

contemporaneous, cutaneous, extemporaneous, extraneous, instantaneous, Pausanias, porcellaneous, simultaneous, spontaneous, subcutaneous

Definition of miscellaneous in US English:

miscellaneous

adjectiveˌmisəˈlānēəsˌmɪsəˈleɪniəs
  • 1(of items or people gathered or considered together) of various types or from different sources.

    (人,物)混杂的;各种各样的

    he picked up the miscellaneous papers

    他从文件盒里拿起各种各样的文件。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • How exactly do you let your travel agent know that you want to see part of the countryside with miscellaneous stops at points unknown?
    • Photographs of celebrations, family gatherings, and miscellaneous snapshots predominate the piece.
    • I picked up the miscellaneous junk that lay sprawled on the bed and dumped it into the black cloth.
    • You make your way through the game finding keys, weapons, and miscellaneous stuff as you go.
    • Her white desk was cluttered with more stuffed animals, miscellaneous papers and schoolbooks.
    • There were cut out newspaper articles about hockey and other miscellaneous pieces of paper.
    • Items found in the master bathroom included a laptop computer found inside a locked closet, a digital camera found by a sink and miscellaneous papers.
    • Place car care items and miscellaneous items on shelves in clearly labeled boxes or bins.
    • But I have miscellaneous other things to prepare for over the next couple of days, which I can't discuss at the moment.
    • In this drawer he held knick-knacks, souvenirs, and other miscellaneous items.
    • A window is open with a box of miscellaneous junk strewn outside.
    • I stopped, glared at the stupid cassette, disgusted, and threw it down on my desk on top of some miscellaneous papers.
    • Usually a few would fall, accompanied by miscellaneous schoolbag objects like pens and papers.
    • Paula pays for her books and miscellaneous expenses from summer employment savings.
    • To qualify, your combined miscellaneous business deductions must exceed 2% of your adjusted gross income.
    • I assume that the hospitals in China are still run by the state because there are a lot of miscellaneous fees you have to pay if you want to get treated.
    • Part 6 provides for transitional and miscellaneous provisions, repeals, and amendments.
    • I trust that you're not too upset by this continuing state of affairs, and are managing to take your mind off it with other miscellaneous pursuits.
    • On the table in which he was working on, there was a huge jar of pickles along with a neat pile of papers, books and miscellaneous pens and mechanical pencils.
    • I'm buried under stacks of papers, miscellaneous missives, and mementos.
    Synonyms
    various, varied, different, assorted, mixed, diverse, disparate, sundry, many and different, variegated, diversified, motley, multifarious, jumbled, confused, indiscriminate, heterogeneous
    1. 1.1 (of a collection or group) composed of members or elements of different kinds.
      (集合的人或物)各色各样的;成分混杂的
      a miscellaneous collection of well-known ne'er-do-wells

      来自三教九流的一群知名阿混。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Here, at last, among the miscellaneous accumulation of the family's past, I struck gold.
      • The final selection of four papers explores an even more miscellaneous assortment of problems.
      • The collection is miscellaneous in the sense that the pieces were prompted by different occasions and treat different topics.
      • It would seem that these results were obtained in a miscellaneous group of volunteers, dominated by 36 women.
      • A miscellaneous group of politicians and journalists found a haven in their mansion by the Thames.
      • There is also a miscellaneous group of works that have some characteristics of this type of sampler, but cannot be easily placed in one group or another.
      • Tradesmen in the towns also sold a miscellaneous collection of manufactured goods, which they imported from English and Scottish towns.
      • The earliest zoos were miscellaneous private collections of animals for curiosity rather than scientific study.
      • The second line of criticism might be raised by a rather more miscellaneous group of critics.
      Synonyms
      mixed, assorted, variegated, diversified, composite, heterogeneous

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin miscellaneus (from miscellus ‘mixed’, from miscere ‘to mix’) + -ous. In earlier use the word also described a person as ‘having various qualities’.

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