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单词 bric-a-brac
释义 bric-a-brac
\ˈbrikəˌbrak also -kər- sometimes -ˌbak\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French bric-à-brac
1. : a miscellaneous collection of often antique articles of virtu : miscellaneous objects regarded as decorative or of a sentimental value and usually collected in one place : curios
 < small china figurines, seashells, ornamental ashtrays, and other such bric-a-brac around the parlor >
 < a baby book — a scrapbook … filled with pictures, and sentimental bric-a-brac like dried flowers and crayon drawings, and other relics and records of my childhood — Richard Lemon >
2. : something resembling or suggesting bric-a-brac especially in extraneous decorative quality
 < its plot bristles with … curses, poisonings, long-lost daughters, and all the other bric-a-brac of old-fashioned Italian dramaturgy — Winthrop Sargeant >
 < sensational journalistic bric-a-brac highlighting the seamy side of the nation's greatest industry — Utilization >
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