释义
[ awl -pur -puh s ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɔlˈpɜr pəs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective for every purpose: an all-purpose detergent.
Origin of all-purpose First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby all-purpose all-pass, all-points bulletin, Allport, all-powerful, all present and accounted for, all-purpose , All Quiet on the Western Front, all right, all right for you, all right with one, All roads lead to Rome
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Example sentences from the Web for all-purpose Or maybe we are just whiny wimps, an all-purpose explanation for every descent-of-man phenomenon that never is far off the mark.
Blame Climate Change for Your Terrible Seasonal Allergies | Kent Sepkowitz| May 14, 2014| DAILY BEAST
This all-purpose response would also allow one to deny that there is a missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777.
Evangelicals Still Don’t Know What to Do With the Big Bang | Karl W. Giberson| March 23, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But the pope thought of him more as an all-purpose authority on anything scientific or technical.
Benjamin Franklin, America’s First Storm Chaser | Lee Sandlin| April 14, 2013| DAILY BEAST
But college is not like some sort of all-purpose herbal supplement that cures bunions and also colic; it teaches specific skills.
Sorry, Kids, No High School Diplomas Need Apply | Megan McArdle| February 20, 2013| DAILY BEAST
He had hanged himself with 550 cord, an all-purpose green string that looks like a shoelace and can hold 550 pounds.
Suicidal Soldiers | Elspeth Reeve| May 11, 2009| DAILY BEAST
An all-purpose goat's milk, Parmesan type, eaten sliced when young, grated when old.
The Complete Book of Cheese | Robert Carlton Brown
The carabao, or water buffalo, is the one all-purpose farm animal.
The Old World and Its Ways | William Jennings Bryan
It would be nice if we could report that they are fit for all-purpose service, on a wide range of planets.
The Hunters | William Morrison
They were sitting in All-Purpose Lounges, arranged in a circle.
Subjectivity | Norman Spinrad
Runkel's All-Purpose Cocoa is the finest quality chocolate, already a powder, all ready to use!
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book | Mary A. Wilson
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British Dictionary definitions for all-purpose Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to all-purpose profitable, good, helpful, effective, convenient, fruitful, practical, appropriate, favorable, proper, pragmatic, suitable, handy, advantageous, gifted, talented, skillful, skilled, functional, all-around