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词汇 kitchen-sink
释义 kitchen-sink
adjective[ before noun ]
UKuk /ˌkɪtʃ.ənˈsɪŋk/ us /ˌkɪtʃ.ənˈsɪŋk/
used to describe plays, films, and novels that are about ordinary people's lives: (剧本、电影或小说)描写普通人生活的
a kitchen-sink drama描写普通人生活的戏剧作品
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Plain and ordinary
as it comesidiom
austere
austerely
austerity
average Joe
homespun
homey
humble
humdrum
middle-of-the-road
something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
sparely
spartan
stale
starkly
unornamented
unostentatious
unostentatiously
unpainted
unremarkable

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Types of film, play, book etc.

Examples of kitchen-sink


kitchen-sink
That includes the kitchensink, and he knows it.
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For the sake of their brains they have to get away from the kitchensink, the washing machine and all the daily chores.
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Many people who sell kitchen furniture push the advantages of having a pulveriser in the kitchensink.
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My personal objection to this "kitchensink" stuff, and this satire, is, frankly, the bad language.
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One gets so much for a kitchensink, and so much for other items.
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A larger town house that was excavated had a dirt-floor entrance area, equipped with a well and a kitchensink.
Not only does the water not drain away from their kitchensink but the bath water from the upstairs neighbour does not drain away properly.
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They usually, ruin the kitchensink because they stick buckets, plaster and paint in it.
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By and large, we were tied to the kitchensink or the typist's chair.
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There was a fitted kitchensink with draining-board, but it looked as though it was never used.
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Nothing will cause trouble more quickly than two women having to use the same gas stove and kitchensink.
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People will dispute matters with public authorities, and will waste no time in doing so; they will throw the kitchensink at them.
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Nearly 2 million shared, or were without, a kitchensink.
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The tenants cannot go on having other people's bath water coming into their kitchensink for ever.
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He might possibly have chosen a more elevated article of furniture than the kitchensink, but we shall not argue about that.
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