mis·cel·la·ne·ous
adjective/ˌmɪsəˈleɪniəs/
/ˌmɪsəˈleɪniəs/
[usually before noun] (abbreviation misc.)
- consisting of many different kinds of things that are not connected and do not easily form a group
混杂的；各种各样的 - a sale of miscellaneous household items
各种生活用品大减价 - She gave me some money to cover any miscellaneous expenses.
她给了我一些零花钱。 - The museum houses a miscellaneous collection of iron age artefacts.
博物馆收藏了各式各样的铁器时代手工制品。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMiscellaneous is used with these nouns:- collection
- expense
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin miscellaneus (from miscellus ‘mixed’, from miscere ‘to mix’) + -ous. In earlier use the word also described a person as ‘having various qualities’. - a sale of miscellaneous household items