| 单词 | assortment |
| 释义 | assortment (once / 2355 pages) n An assortment is a collection of things that aren't the same. An assortment of chocolates might have some that are filled with coconut, caramel, or nuts. Yum. An assortment is a bunch different things all together whether they’re the same sort or not. An assortment of nuts is a bunch of different nuts, such as cashews, peanuts, and almonds. If you have books, candy bars, action figures, photos, and paper clips on your desk, you have an assortment of things. A store that sells a wide variety of products offers an assortment. If you love choices, assortments are for you. WORD FAMILYassortment: assortments+/assort: assorted, assorting, assortment, assorts USAGE EXAMPLESThose were turbulent times and an assortment of economic, racial and political issues divided the country that concluded the Civil War in 1865. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) He received an assortment of gifts, including lodging and tickets to the 2017 Hall of Fame Game. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) This week: A small assortment of shows to help you ring in the new year. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1n the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type Syn|Hypo|Hyper categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization indexing the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve reclassificationclassifying something again (usually in a new category) relegationthe act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category stratificationthe act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata taxonomypractice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships typologyclassification according to general type grouping the activity of putting things together in groups 2n a collection containing a variety of sorts of things a great assortment of cars was on display Syn|Hypo|Hyper miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety grab bag an 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 sampleran assortment of various samples banda range of frequencies between two limits accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
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