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单词 kitchen-sink
释义

kitchen-sink

adjective

kitch·​en-sink ˈki-chən-ˈsiŋk How to pronounce kitchen-sink (audio)
1
: being or made up of a hodgepodge of disparate elements or ingredients
2
chiefly British : portraying or emphasizing the squalid aspects of modern life
the kitchen-sink realism of contemporary British drama Current Biography

Synonyms

  • assorted
  • eclectic
  • heterogeneous
  • indiscriminate
  • magpie
  • miscellaneous
  • mixed
  • motley
  • patchwork
  • piebald
  • promiscuous
  • raggle-taggle
  • ragtag
  • varied
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Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined at sense 2

kitchen-sink

adjective

as in eclectic
consisting of many things of different sorts many of the bartender's recipes are for kitchen-sink cocktails that sound like they would be a waste of good liquor

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • eclectic
  • mixed
  • assorted
  • varied
  • diverse
  • miscellaneous
  • patchwork
  • messy
  • indiscriminate
  • heterogeneous
  • chaotic
  • magpie
  • raggle-taggle
  • promiscuous
  • ragtag
  • motley
  • combined
  • littered
  • various
  • hybrid
  • manifold
  • multifarious
  • composite
  • blended
  • disparate
  • cluttered
  • sundry
  • multiple
  • conglomerate
  • muddled
  • divergent
  • multiplex
  • incorporated
  • fused
  • jumbled
  • piebald
  • amalgamated
  • myriad
  • intermixed
  • merged
  • messed
  • commingled
  • unclassified
  • disheveled
  • confused
  • disordered
  • dishevelled
  • commixed
  • intermingled
  • farraginous
  • mingled
  • conglomerated
  • disarrayed
  • unsorted
  • disarranged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • homogeneous
  • uniform
  • same
  • monolithic
  • like
  • separate
  • identical
  • individual
  • distinctive
  • distinct
  • alike
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