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单词 grab bag
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Definition of grab bag in English:

grab bag

noun
North American
  • 1A container from which a person chooses a wrapped item at random, without knowing the contents.

    British term lucky dip
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These grab bags come with standard designs with an imprint area for your custom message.
    • I asked her if the wrapped presents were to be chosen randomly by each person from a grab bag.
    • For her, the box is a useless and impersonal thing, like the random presents pulled out of a grab bag.
    • For a limited time, we have holiday grab bags available for a great price with fun mystery prizes.
    1. 1.1 An assortment of items in a sealed bag which one buys or is given without knowing what the contents are.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Still, it would be a great surprise if Gilbert didn't pull a few gems out of his grab bag of old hits as well.
      • No, these are just a grab bag of activities that high-culture types consider ‘enriching’ and therefore force on their children.
      • These customized pro forma calculations excluded a grab bag of expenses and allowed upstart companies to show a profit.
      • What a wonderful grab bag of conditions to say the least.
      • It's tempting to call the music a grab bag of styles, but the twist is that these guys are combining styles that never really had names to being with.
      • On that day, we've got a scavenger hunt going on with grab bags.
      • For the most part, they're taking programs that are incoherent and consist of random grab bag of courses.
      • It's a veritable grab bag of surprises as nothing's really been nailed down yet.
      • The documents spell out a corporate shopping list, a grab bag of public and private services which European companies would like to get their hands on.
      • All of the contents of the grab bags are original designs of mine that have been used as products or support materials for artists.
      • The rest of the film is grab bag of the good and the bad.
      • It's dismally apparent that American educators and school administrators place the English language into a grab bag full of other equally important areas of knowledge.
      • Traditionally, there are a handful of obvious top choices, followed by a grab bag of mediocrity, potential and the occasional diamond in the rough.
      • Every day the quarantine officials find a grab bag of seeds, plants and fungi.
 
 

Definition of grab bag in US English:

grab bag

nounˈɡrab ˌbaɡˈɡræb ˌbæɡ
North American
  • 1A container from which a person chooses a wrapped item at random, without knowing the contents.

    British term lucky dip
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For a limited time, we have holiday grab bags available for a great price with fun mystery prizes.
    • These grab bags come with standard designs with an imprint area for your custom message.
    • For her, the box is a useless and impersonal thing, like the random presents pulled out of a grab bag.
    • I asked her if the wrapped presents were to be chosen randomly by each person from a grab bag.
    1. 1.1 An assortment of miscellaneous items.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The documents spell out a corporate shopping list, a grab bag of public and private services which European companies would like to get their hands on.
      • Every day the quarantine officials find a grab bag of seeds, plants and fungi.
      • For the most part, they're taking programs that are incoherent and consist of random grab bag of courses.
      • No, these are just a grab bag of activities that high-culture types consider ‘enriching’ and therefore force on their children.
      • It's dismally apparent that American educators and school administrators place the English language into a grab bag full of other equally important areas of knowledge.
      • The rest of the film is grab bag of the good and the bad.
      • On that day, we've got a scavenger hunt going on with grab bags.
      • All of the contents of the grab bags are original designs of mine that have been used as products or support materials for artists.
      • It's tempting to call the music a grab bag of styles, but the twist is that these guys are combining styles that never really had names to being with.
      • These customized pro forma calculations excluded a grab bag of expenses and allowed upstart companies to show a profit.
      • What a wonderful grab bag of conditions to say the least.
      • Still, it would be a great surprise if Gilbert didn't pull a few gems out of his grab bag of old hits as well.
      • It's a veritable grab bag of surprises as nothing's really been nailed down yet.
      • Traditionally, there are a handful of obvious top choices, followed by a grab bag of mediocrity, potential and the occasional diamond in the rough.
 
 
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