| 释义 |
mod. con|ˈmɒd ˈkɒn|
Also mod. cons.
Colloq. abbrev. of modern convenience(s) (see modern a. 3 a). Also transf.
1934Punch 24 Jan. 86/2 An advertisement..describing just such a house as we wanted. Just the right number of rooms, ‘five minutes from the station, h. & c. in all bedrooms, all mod. cons.’ 1952A. Hocking Best Laid Plans ix. 135 Four bedrooms, two sitting-rooms, k. and b., as the house agents say; every mod. con. 1963Times 13 Feb. 11/4 Such a sophisticated ‘mod. con.’, the equivalent of a hot bath to splash in, is, generally speaking, beyond the ambition of the normal duck. 1966‘H. MacDiarmid’ Company I've Kept xiii. 188 We had no ‘mod cons’, and were getting too old to put up with really primitive conditions. 1972G. Durrell Catch me a Colobus v. 99 It's a modest little place..but it's got all mod. con. and that sort of thing. |