| 单词 | paraphernalia |
| 释义 | paraphernalia —paraphernalian, paraphernal /par'euh ferr"nl/, adj. /par'euh feuhr nayl"yeuh, -feuh nayl"-/, n. 1. (sometimes used with a singular v.) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia. 2. (used with a plural v.) personal belongings. 3. (used with a singular v.) Law. the personal articles, apart from dower, reserved by law to a married woman. [1470-80; < ML paraphernalia (bona) a bride's goods, beyond her dowry, equiv. to LL paraphern(a) a bride's property ( < Gk parápherna, equiv. to para- PARA-1 + phern(é) dowry, deriv. of phérein to BEAR1 + -a neut. pl. n. suffix) + L -alia, n. use of neut. pl. of -alis -AL1] Syn. 1. appointments, appurtenances, accouterments, trappings. 2. effects. |
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