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单词
frippery
释义
frippery
frip‧pe‧ry
/
ˈfrɪpəri
/
noun
(
plural
fripperies
)
[countable usually plural]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
frippery
Origin:
1500-1600
French
friperie
‘old clothes or pieces of cloth’
, from
Medieval Latin
faluppa
‘piece of dried grass’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Hotel managers refused to install cable TV and other
fripperies
that would distract clients from gambling.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Still think of perfume as a frivolous
frippery
?
an unnecessary and useless object or decoration
随便看
time and motion study
time bomb
time capsule
time card
time clock
time-consuming
time-crunched
time delay
time frame
time-honoured
timekeeper
timekeeping
time lag
time-lapse
timeless
timelessly
timelessness
time limit
timeline
timely
time machine
time off
Time Out
time out
timepiece
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