| 单词 | assemblage |
| 释义 | assemblage (once / 1284 pages) n An assemblage is a bunch of parts, pieces, or people collected together into an organized group, always for some specific purpose. On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington DC to hundreds of thousands of citizens — an assemblage of people who all wanted to end racism. A computer is an assemblage of wires and microchips. An artist who makes sculptures from trash creates assemblages of recycled materials. The word assemblage is related to assembly — which sometimes refers to a gathering in the gymnasium that you’d like to skip. WORD FAMILYassemblage: assemblages+/assemble: assemblage, assembled, assembler, assembles, assembling, disassemble, preassemble, reassemble/assembler: assemblers/assembling: assemblings/disassemble: disassembled, disassembles, disassembling, disassembly/preassemble: preassembled/reassemble: reassembled, reassembles, reassembling USAGE EXAMPLES“We don’t want confrontation with anyone — we don’t need it,” official media outlets quoted him as telling an assemblage of Russian political elite. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) These are visceral assemblages that wryly comment on the nature of bureaucracy, corruption, politics and society — in ways that are way more fun than CNN. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) Jewell says the transfer means the tribe now has full legal control and may take permanent possession of the Spirit Cave Assemblage. Washington Times(Nov 24, 2016) 1n several things grouped together or considered as a whole Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper accumulation, aggregation, collection Nag Hammadi Library a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism Wise Men(New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them Trimurtithe triad of divinities of later Hinduism Invincible Armadathe great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588 Orientthe countries of Asia Magellanic Cloudeither of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the south celestial pole Northern Crossa cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus Omega Centauria global cluster in the constellation Centaurus Pleiadesa star cluster in the constellation Taurus procession the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation pharmacopoeiaa collection or stock of drugs stringa collection of objects threaded on a single strand wardrobecollection of clothing belonging to one person wardrobecollection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company population, universe(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn armamentariumthe collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine art collectiona collection of art works backlogan accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services) batterya collection of related things intended for use together blocka number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit book, rule booka collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made booka collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game bottle collectiona collection of bottles bunch, caboodle, lotany collection in its entirety coin collectiona collection of coins collageany collection of diverse things contenteverything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something ensemble, tout ensemblean assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole corpusa collection of writings cropa collection of people or things appearing together tenantrytenants of an estate considered as a group findingsa collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes flaggingflagstones collectively flindersbits and splinters and fragments packa complete collection of similar things deal, handthe cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time long suitin a hand, the suit having the most cards herbariuma collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study stamp collectiona collection of stamps statuarystatues collectively sum, sum total, summationthe final aggregate agglomerationa jumbled collection or mass gimmickrya collection of gimmicks nuclear clubthe nations possessing nuclear weapons agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pilea collection of objects laid on top of each other massan ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) combinationa collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities congregationan assemblage of people or animals or things collected together hit paradea collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind Judaicahistorical and literary materials relating to Judaism kludgea badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together) library, program library, subroutine library(computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use librarya collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing mythologymyths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person biology, biotaall the plant and animal life of a particular region fauna, zoologyall the animal life in a particular region or period petting zooa collection of docile animals for children to pet and feed seta group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used Victorianacollection of materials of or characteristic of the Victorian era category, class, familya collection of things sharing a common attribute job lota miscellaneous collection of things sold together bundle, package, packet, parcela collection of things wrapped or boxed together defence, defense, defense lawyers, defense teamthe defendant and his legal advisors collectively prosecutionthe lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant plantinga collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area signagesigns collectively (especially commercial signs or posters) GAAP, generally accepted accounting principlesa collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures pantheonall the gods of a religion Free Worldanti-communist countries collectively Third Worldunderdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively Europethe nations of the European continent collectively Asiathe nations of the Asian continent collectively North Americathe nations of the North American continent collectively Central Americathe nations of Central America collectively South Americathe nations of the South American continent collectively Oort cloud(astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun galaxya splendid assemblage (especially of famous people) extragalactic nebula, galaxy(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust fleeta group of warships organized as a tactical unit fleetgroup of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership fleetgroup of aircraft operating together under the same ownership repertoire, repertorya collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule repertoire, repertorythe entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, varietya collection containing a variety of sorts of things batch, clutcha collection of things or persons to be handled together batchall the loaves of bread baked at the same time rogue's gallerya collection of pictures of criminals exhibition, expo, expositiona collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display convoya collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships trafficthe aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time air power, aviationthe aggregation of a country's military aircraft botany, flora, vegetationall the plant life in a particular region or period jurisprudence, lawthe collection of rules imposed by authority menageriea collection of live animals for study or display data, informationa collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn anaa collection of anecdotes about a person or place mail, postany particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered treasurea collection of precious things treasure troveany collection of valuables that is discovered trinketrytrinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively troponomy, troponymythe place names of a region or a language considered collectively smithereensa collection of small fragments considered as a whole beads, string of beadsseveral beads threaded together on a string flotillaa fleet of small craft flotillaa United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships dentition, teeththe kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal haplotype(genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together subpopulationa population that is part of a larger population grammatical category, syntactic category(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties paradigm, substitution classthe class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another) loan collectiona number of pictures loaned by their owners for exhibition disc pack, disk pack(computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device deck, deck of cards, pack of cardsa pack of 52 playing cards bridge handthe cards held in a game of bridge strong suita long suit including high cards poker handthe 5 cards held in a game of poker Elgin Marblesa collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens bunch, clump, cluster, clusteringa grouping of a number of similar things ball, chunk, clod, clump, glob, lumpa compact mass compost heap, compost pilea heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhilla heap of dung or refuse logjaman immovable mass of logs blocking a river shocka bushy thick mass (especially hair) scrapheappile of discarded metal shocka pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field slagheappile of waste matter from coal mining etc stackan orderly pile funeral pyre, pyrewood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite woodpilea pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel amalgama combination or blend of diverse things color scheme, colour schemea planned combination of colors complexiona combination that results from coupling or interlinking bibliothecaa collection of books public librarya nonprofit library maintained for public use rental collectiona collection of books that can be rented by readers in return for a small daily fee classical mythologythe system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks Norse mythologythe mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity singletona set containing a single member brace, paira set of two similar things considered as a unit triad, trio, triple, tripleta set of three similar things considered as a unit quadruple, quadruplet, quartet, quartettea set of four similar things considered as a unit quintet, quintette, quintuple, quintupleta set of five similar things considered as a unit sestet, sextet, sextettea set of six similar things considered as a unit septet, septettea set of seven similar things considered as a unit octet, octettea set of eight similar things considered as a unit avifaunathe birds of a particular region or period chess setcheckerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess manicure seta set of implements used to manicure brass family(music) the family of brass instruments violin family(music) the family of bowed stringed instruments woodwind family(music) the family of woodwind instruments stampa type or class join, sum, uniona set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets Cartesian product, intersection, productthe set of elements common to two or more sets sexeither of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided fieldall the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event fieldall of the horses in a particular horse race field(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information bracketa category falling within certain defined limits declensiona class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms conjugationa class of verbs having the same inflectional forms conjugationthe complete set of inflected forms of a verb denominationa class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money histocompatibility complexa family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response suitea matching set of furniture wispa small bundle of straw or hay choir, consorta family of similar musical instrument playing together core, core group, nucleusa small group of indispensable persons or things portfolioa set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers spiral galaxy, spiral nebulaa galaxy having a spiral structure; arms containing younger stars spiral out from old stars at the center scorea set of twenty members threescorea set with 3 times 20 members synseta set of one or more synonyms armadaa large fleet battle fleeta fleet of warships prepared for battle motor poola fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed grab bagan assortment of miscellaneous items witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' brotha fearsome mixture rangea variety of different things or activities selectionan assortment of things from which a choice can be made farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbaga motley assortment of things alphabet soupa confusing assortment schmear, schmeer, shmear(Yiddish) a batch of things that go together art exhibitionan exhibition of art objects (paintings or statues) peepshow, raree-showan exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass faira competitive exhibition of farm products convoya procession of land vehicles traveling together aggregate, congeries, conglomerationa sum total of many heterogenous things taken together air traffictraffic created by the movement of aircraft commuter traffictraffic created by people going to or returning from work foot traffic, pedestrian trafficpeople coming and going on foot vehicle traffic, vehicular trafficthe aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality caravan, train, wagon traina procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file cavalcadea procession of people traveling on horseback marcha procession of people walking together motorcadea procession of people traveling in motor cars paradea ceremonial procession including people marching cortegea funeral procession recession, recessionalthe withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service browsevegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicketa dense growth of bushes growthvegetation that has grown bush, chaparral, scrubdense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes standa growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area forest, wood, woodsthe trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area shrubberya collection of shrubs growing together gardenthe flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden administrative lawthe body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government canon law, ecclesiastical lawthe body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church civil lawthe body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation case law, common law, precedenta system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws international law, law of nationsthe body of laws governing relations between nations law of the landa phrase used in the Magna Carta to refer to the then established law of the kingdom (as distinct from Roman or civil law); today it refers to fundamental principles of justice commensurate with due process martial lawthe body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law commercial law, law merchant, mercantile lawthe body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence military lawthe body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel Law of Moses, Mosaic lawthe laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament (in Judaism these books are called the Torah) Islamic law, sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah lawthe code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed statutory lawthe body of laws created by legislative statutes securities lawthe body of laws governing the issuance and selling of securities tax lawthe body of laws governing taxation stockpilea storage pile accumulated for future use accounting dataall the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement; can be hard copy or machine readable metadatadata about data raw dataunanalyzed data; data not yet subjected to analysis fan mailmail sent to public figures from their admirers hate mailmail that expresses the writer's dislike or hatred (usually in offensive language) mailingmail sent by a sender at one time sampleran assortment of various samples wolf packa group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys Great Attractora massive grouping of galaxies in the direction of Centaurus and Hydra whose gravitational attraction is believed to cause deviations in the paths of other galaxies Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy, Milky Way Systemthe galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky brier, brier patch, brierpatchtangled mass of prickly plants ground cover, groundcoverlow-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit 2n a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose Syn|Hyper hookup system instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity 3n a group of persons together in one place Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper gathering Potsdam Conference a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended Yalta Conferencea conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe Spanish Inquisitionan inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries) Congregation of the Inquisitionan inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants AbkhasCircassian people living east of the Black Sea Achomawia community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in northeastern California Akwa'alaa community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in Baja California Incathe small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s Quechuaa community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire Xhosaa community of Negroid people in southern South Africa Zulua community of Negroid people in eastern South Africa building the occupants of a building carloada gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile contingenta gathering of persons representative of some larger group floorthe occupants of a floor pairtwo people considered as a unit roomthe people who are present in a room threesome, triad, trinity, triothree people considered as a unit turnoutthe group that gathers together for a particular occasion foursome, quartet, quartettefour people considered as a unit fivesome, quintet, quintettefive people considered as a unit sextet, sextette, sixsomesix people considered as a unit septet, septette, sevensomeseven people considered as a unit eightsome, octet, octetteeight people considered as a unit assemblya group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose crowda large number of things or people considered together concourse, multitude, thronga large gathering of people audiencea gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance communitya group of people living in a particular local area municipalitypeople living in a town or city having local self-government cast, cast of characters, dramatis personaethe actors in a play class, course, form, gradea body of students who are taught together class, yeara body of students who graduate together social affair, social gatheringa gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship bunch, crew, crowd, gangan informal body of friends group meeting, meetinga formally arranged gathering coveya small collection of people quoruma gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business mass meeting, rallya large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm communea body of people or families living together and sharing everything convocationa group gathered in response to a summons fairgathering of producers to promote business bevya large gathering of people of a particular type cortege, entourage, retinue, suitethe group following and attending to some important person campa group of people living together in a camp mustera gathering of military personnel for duty rap groupa gathering of people holding a rap session rave-upa raucous gathering tablea company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game wine tastinga gathering of people to taste and compare different wines beea social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions love feasta social gathering intended to create goodwill among the participants couple, duet, duo, twosomea pair who associate with one another triumviratea group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority quadrumviratea group of four men general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislaturepersons who make or amend or repeal laws Areopagusthe highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court) States Generalassembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from 16th to 18th centuries hivea teeming multitude horde, host, legiona vast multitude herd, rucka crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things armya large number of people united for some specific purpose crush, jam, pressa dense crowd of people drove, horde, swarma moving crowd huddlea disorganized and densely packed crowd mob, rabble, routa disorderly crowd of people companya social gathering of guests or companions galleryspectators at a golf or tennis match grandstandthe audience at a stadium or racetrack housethe audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema parisha local church community conventa community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together housethe members of a religious community living together Islam Nation, Islamic Ummah, Muslim Ummah, Umma, Ummahthe Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan speech communitypeople sharing a given language or dialect neighborhood, neighbourhoodpeople living near one another city, metropolispeople living in a large densely populated municipality town, townsfolk, townspeoplethe people living in a municipality smaller than a city settlement, small town, villagea community of people smaller than a town crossroads, hamleta community of people smaller than a village chapteran ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church yokea pair of draft animals joined by a yoke ensemble, supporting playersa cast other than the principals graduating classthe body of students who graduate together this year master classa class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert discussion section, sectiona small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately senior classfinal grade or class in high school or college junior classpenultimate class in high school or college sophomore classthe second class in a four-year college or high school freshman classthe first class in college or high school hordea nomadic community functiona formal or official social gathering or ceremony partya group of people gathered together for pleasure suppera social gathering where a light evening meal is served phalanxany closely ranked crowd of people flock, troopan orderly crowd deliberative assemblyan assembly of people for the purpose of unhurried consideration and discussion board meeting, committee meetinga meeting for administrative purposes camp meetingreligious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days caucusa closed political meeting conclavea confidential or secret meeting conferencea prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) congressa meeting of elected or appointed representatives conventiona large formal assembly councila meeting of people for consultation foruma public meeting or assembly for open discussion plenuma meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present psychotherapy groupa meeting of people for psychotherapeutic purposes stockholders meetinga meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company get together, meetinga small informal social gathering summit, summit meetinga meeting of heads of governments town meetinga meeting of the inhabitants of a town council(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine chambera deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly Benchthe magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively court, royal courtthe family and retinue of a sovereign or prince court, judicature, tribunalan assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business minyanthe quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age) pep rallya rally (especially of students) before a game revival, revival meetingan evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion covenan assembly of witches; usually 13 witches sabbat, witches' Sabbatha midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy book fair, bookfairfair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books hobo camp, junglea place where hoboes camp Aleuta community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska Circassiana mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia social group people sharing some social relation 4n the social act of assembling Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper assembly, gathering disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) mobilisation, mobilization act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action calling together, convocationthe act of convoking coming together, meetingthe social act of assembling for some common purpose congregating, congregationthe act of congregating convening, conventionthe act of convening concentrationbringing together military forces economic mobilisation, economic mobilizationmobilization of the economy rallyingthe act of mobilizing for a common purpose rendezvousa meeting planned at a certain time and place sessiona meeting devoted to a particular activity socialisation, socialising, socialization, socializingthe act of meeting for social purposes visitthe act of going to see some person in a professional capacity visitthe act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection) visitthe act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time group action action taken by a group of people |
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