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单词 panoply
释义
panoplypan‧o‧ply /ˈpænəpli/ noun [singular] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpanoply
Origin:
1500-1600 Greek panoplia ‘full suit of armor’, from pan- (PAN-) + hopla ‘weapons, armor’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Penicillin was used to treat a whole panoply of conditions.
  • the whole panoply of a royal wedding
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • In the whole panoply of anti-poverty policies the minimum wage stands as the vital back marker.
  • Statues of angels, madonnas, saints and saviours cram the skyline, creating a surreal panoply of agony and ecstasy.
  • The unhappy peasantry of Bengal found itself saddled with an impressive panoply of middlemen and parasites.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
(=the whole range of something)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· In the whole panoply of anti-poverty policies the minimum wage stands as the vital back marker.
1an impressive show of special clothes, decorations etc, especially at an important ceremonypanoply of a glorious panoply of colours2a large number of people or thingspanoply of a panoply of men in grey suitsfull/entire/whole panoply of something (=the whole range of something)
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