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单词 paraphernalia
释义 par·a·pher·na·lia
\R ˌparəfə(r)ˈnālyə, -lēə also ˌper-, -R -fəˈn-\ noun plural but sometimes singular in construction
Etymology: Medieval Latin paraphernalia (bona), from paraphernalia (neuter plural of paraphernalis) + Latin bona possessions
1. : the separate paraphernal real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
2. : personal belongings (as equipment or finery)
 < bundled in the paraphernalia, down to scarves and woolly caps — Truman Capote >
 < toy soldiers, little chariot wheels, the entire paraphernalia of a baby — Walter Pater >
3. : articles of equipment : furnishings, apparatus
 < paraphernalia of art >
 < lighting paraphernalia >
 < paraphernalia of war >
 < ceremonial paraphernalia >
 < paraphernalia of a circus >
 < equestrian paraphernalia >
4. : appurtenances
 < disguising a naked fact in the paraphernalia of philosophy — Ellen Glasgow >
 < freedom from the paraphernalia of the modern university — Review of Politics >
 < his life … has been treated merely as part of the whole paraphernalia of conspiracy and romance — Iris Origo >
 < the elaborate paraphernalia of our democratic system of popular choice — A.E.Stevenson †1965 >
 < multitude of doctrinal disputes which are part of a lawyer's paraphernalia — R.H.Jackson >
Synonyms: see equipment
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