| 单词 | grab-bag |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrab-bag grab-bag n. U.S. at fancy fairs a bag containing various articles, into which one may dip on payment of a certain sum; also figurative. ΚΠ 1855 ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Doesticks, what he Says xvi. 135 [A] young woman wanted me to invest in the ‘grab bag’; [I] gave half a dollar, and fished in. 1879 N.Y. Tribune 23 Sept. It is a grab-bag from which every disappointed politician hopes to draw a prize. 1886 Harper's Mag. Jan. 237 The woodman's axe now resounded with the busy notes of preparation for a dive into nature's great grab-bag. 1960 20th Cent. May 460 Sociology is the great intellectual grab-bag of our times. 1967 Canadian Ann. Rev. 1966 6 It met strong resistance from those who supported the traditional formula of a grab-bag of promises. 1967 C. O. Skinner Madame Sarah (new ed.) xii. 269 Sarah would hold out a grab bag from which each child drew a number. < as lemmas |
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