| 单词 | common |
| 释义 | common (once / 27 pages) 1adj 2adjn 3adj When something's common, it's usual, or it happens frequently. It's more common than you might think for little kids to be terrified of clowns. Things that are common happen all the time — they're ordinary. It's common for people to put ketchup on their French fries, and a pigeon is an extremely common type of bird to see in a city. Common can also refer to something that's shared by a group, like a region's common culture. In fact, a green space in the center of a town is sometimes called a common, maybe because it's shared by everyone in the town. WORD FAMILYcommon: commonality, commonest, commonly, commonness, commons, uncommon+/commonality: commonalities/commonness: commonnesses/uncommon: uncommoner, uncommonest, uncommonly, uncommonness USAGE EXAMPLESThe last and most common argument against Prescott for MVP—as well as Elliott for MVP—is that outstanding Dallas offensive line. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Despite political, social or religious viewpoints that may divide us, a common allegiance to our team finds us focusing on the same goal. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Mr. Petraeus and retired astronaut Mark Kelly teamed up this year to launch the gun control advocacy group Veterans Coalition for Common Sense. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual the common man a common sailor the common cold a common nuisance followed common procedure it is common knowledge that she lives alone the common housefly a common brand of soap Syn|Ant average, ordinary lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered democratic, popularrepresenting or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large demoticof or for the common people frequentfrequently encountered generalprevailing among and common to the general public grassrootsof or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group standardcommonly used or supplied usualoccurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure ordinarynot exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree uncommon not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind especial, exceptional, particular, specialsurpassing what is common or usual or expected rarenot widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness red carpet, red-carpetspecial treatment or hospitality unusualnot commonly encountered unwontedout of the ordinary unusualnot usual or common or ordinary extraordinarybeyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable 2adj to be expected; standard common decency Syn ordinary not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree 3adj commonly encountered a common (or familiar) complaint Syn usual familiar within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange 4adj being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language 2common parlance Syn vernacular, vulgar informal used of spoken and written language 1adj belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public for the common good common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community Syn|Ant communal for or by a group rather than individuals publicaffecting the people or community as a whole jointunited or combined individual, single being or characteristic of a single thing or person idiosyncraticpeculiar to the individual individualist, individualisticmarked by or expressing individuality man-to-man, one-on-onebeing a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player respective, several, variousconsidered individually singularbeing a single and separate person or thing separateindependent; not united or joint 2adj common to or shared by two or more parties a common friend Syn mutual shared have in common; held or experienced in common 3n a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area 3Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper commons, green, park Central Park a large park in Manhattan Disneylandan amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney Walt Disney Worlda large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando amusement park, funfair, pleasure ground a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement village greena village park consisting of a plot of grassy land theme parkan amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow) parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract an extended area of land 1adj of or associated with the great masses of people the common people in those days suffered greatly behavior that branded him as common Syn plebeian, unwashed, vulgar lowborn of humble birth or origins 2adj of low or inferior quality or value produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population Syn coarse inferior of low or inferior quality 3adj lacking refinement or cultivation or taste behavior that branded him as common Syn coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar unrefined (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth |
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