| 单词 | ordinary |
| 释义 | ordinary (once / 74 pages) 1adjn 2n 3n 4n 5n Something ordinary is something that happens every day. Maybe you should skip your ordinary breakfast and try something new. Although we often use the adjective ordinary to mean "ho-hum, nothing special," it actually comes from the Latin root for "rule." You could think of ordinary things as almost like rules in your life. As a noun it has other meanings. In heraldry (that's the art of the family shield), an ordinary is a conventional figure. A probate judge is called an ordinary, as is the clergyman who prepares prisoners for death. WORD FAMILYordinary: ordinaries, ordinarily, ordinariness, ordinaryly USAGE EXAMPLESIn the streets below, ordinary citizens wrestle with 41% inflation and chronic shortages of staples such as sugar, cooking oil and medicine. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) But when it most needs to be intriguing — at the start — it’s just ordinary. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The evidence showed ordinary negligence, a prosecutor’s letter said, but not “an aggravated kind of negligence or carelessness” required to file felony charges. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1adj lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered the ordinary (or common) man in the street Syn average common having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual 2adj not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree ordinary everyday objects ordinary decency an ordinary day an ordinary wine Syn|Ant common having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual usualoccurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure average, fair, mediocre, middlinglacking exceptional quality or ability banausic(formal) ordinary and not refined characterless, nondescriptlacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting commonto be expected; standard commonplacecompletely ordinary and unremarkable cut-and-dried, cut-and-dryaccording to ordinary expectations everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workadayfound in the ordinary course of events indifferent, so-sobeing neither good nor bad mine run, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, unexceptionalnot special in any way extraordinary beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable uncommonnot common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind unusualnot usual or common or ordinary incomparable, uncomparablesuch that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared impressivemaking a strong or vivid impression bonzerremarkable or wonderful exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassingfar beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree extraordinaireextraordinary in a particular capacity fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrousextraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers phenomenalexceedingly or unbelievably great awful, frightful, terrible, tremendousextreme in degree or extent or amount or impact greatremarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect oneused informally as an intensifier preternatural, uncannysurpassing the ordinary or normal pyrotechnicsuggestive of fireworks rare, uncommonmarked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind remarkable, singularunusual or striking someremarkable specialfor a special service or occasion wonderworkingperforming or able to perform wonders or miracles superiorof high or superior quality or performance 3n the expected or commonplace condition or situation 2not out of the ordinary Hyper condition a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing n a judge of a probate court 3Hyper judge, jurist, justice a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice n a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death 4Hyper clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church n (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields 5Hypo|Hyper bend, bend dexter diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left fess, fesse(heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield bar sinister, bend sinistera mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left armorial bearing, bearing, charge, heraldic bearing heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield n an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel Syn|Hyper ordinary bicycle bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
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