英语词汇“baggage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	baggage
释义	baggage I. \ˈbagij, -aig-, -gēj\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English bagage, from Middle French, from bague bundle (perhaps from Old Norse baggi bag) + -age 1. : a group of traveling bags, trunks, or both especially when packed and in transit : personal belongings of travelers either carried by hand or checked with a carrier : luggage < the baggage was brought from the attic for packing > < since there were only a couple of small pieces, the traveler carried his own baggage > 2. : equipment that is transported or that can be transported < the baggage of an army > : furnishings, apparatus < the baggage of a science laboratory > 3. a. : a combination of extraneous, superfluous, or intrusive things and circumstances that may impede free activity, progress, or the attainment of a specific goal < smooth speech and writing depend very much upon freedom from purist grammar and from other linguistic baggage > b. : theories, notions, or practices viewed as outmoded or as otherwise conflicting with and retarding desirable development < cultural baggage which the Puritans brought from England to America in the seventeenth century — I.V.Brown > < mental baggage from bygone days — D.G.Haring > 4. [probably by folk etymology from Middle French bagasse, from Old Provençal bagassa] a. : a worthless or vile woman < and it's wicked of me. You must think me a shameless baggage — Max Peacock > < a disreputable old baggage, dealing in grass skirts and shrunken human heads — Wolcott Gibbs > : a woman of loose morals : prostitute b. : a young woman or girl; especially : a girl or young woman who is the object of affection, playfulness, usually gentle criticism, or a somewhat patronizing attitude < a toothsome blond baggage — New Yorker > < she's a pretty little baggage — Walter O'Meara > II. adjective obsolete : worthless, trashy, rubbishy < a baggage scroundel >
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