paraphernalia

英 [ˌpærəfəˈneɪliə]

美 [ˌpærəfərˈneɪliə]

n.  (尤指某活动所需的)装备，大量用品，私人物品

IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.18516 / COCA.15134

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指某活动所需的）装备，大量用品，私人物品
  a large number of objects or personal possessions, especially the equipment that you need for a particular activity
  1. skiing paraphernalia
     滑雪装备
  2. an electric kettle and all the paraphernalia for making tea and coffee
     电水壶及沏茶冲咖啡的全套用具

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （某人携带的或与特定活动有关的）大量物品，全套装备
  You can refer to a large number of objects that someone has with them or that are connected with a particular activity asparaphernalia.
  1. ...a large courtyard full of builders' paraphernalia...
     堆满建筑工人所需装备的大庭院
  2. Get rid of all cigarettes and ashtrays and other paraphernalia associated with smoking.
     扔掉所有香烟、烟灰缸和与吸烟有关的其他物品。
• N-UNCOUNT 繁琐手续；繁文缛节
  If you disapprove of the things and events that are involved in a particular system or activity, and you think they are unnecessary, you can refer to them asparaphernalia.
  1. The public don't necessarily want the paraphernalia of a full hearing.
     公众并不一定希望走全面听证的复杂程序。

英英释义

noun

• equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
  Synonym:gearappurtenance

双语例句

• Visitors can shop there and buy paraphernalia such as Microsoft shirts and cups.
  游客可在那里买到如微软衬衫及杯子之类的相关用品。
• What makes it feel like a home is the lack of branded hotel paraphernalia.
  让客人感觉宾至如归的是这里没有品牌的酒店用品。
• He meant an art devoid of anything but the technical and abstract paraphernalia of the art he meant art for art's sake.
  而是指除了具有艺术的技巧和抽象形式以外什么都不是的艺术&他指的是为艺术而艺术。
• Under feudalism, in which political power was distributed to relatives and kin, anyone not born into a noble family was a common man who had no chance of reaching the throne, of touching or even of seeing the divine paraphernalia of monarchy.
  在封建制度下，政权分配给统治者的亲戚和家属，出生在贵族家庭之外的人是平民，他们永远没有机会登上王位，没有机会触摸君王的神圣用具，甚至连看的机会也没有。
• Give your users all the paraphernalia of modern Web sites so they can write their own code and mash-ups.
  为您的用户提供所有现代Web站点具备的工具，使他们能够编写自己的代码并进行组合。
• There were drugs and paraphernalia everywhere.
  但是这儿到处是毒品和相关的用具。
• Police brought in a drug-sniffing dog to the house and located more marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
  警方带来了缉毒犬，在房子里发现了大量的大麻和吸毒用具。
• That fascination eventually inspired him to create what must be one of the most extensive collections of "lotus" paraphernalia and become one of the foremost experts on the subject.
  这最终促使他收藏了大量有关“金莲”的文物，并成为这个领域的最重要的专家之一。
• Get rid of all cigarettes and ashtrays and other paraphernalia associated with smoking.
  扔掉所有香烟、烟灰缸和与吸烟有关的其他物品。
• Day 77: Before he was born you promised yourself that you'd keep baby paraphernalia to a minimum.
  第77天：孩子出生前，你暗暗发誓，婴儿用品不再多，够用就行。