| 词汇 | odds-and-ends |
| 释义 | odds and ends noun[ plural ] informaluk /ˌɒdz ənd ˈendz/ us /ˌɑːdz ənd ˈendz/(UK alsoodds and sods) C2 various things of different types, usually small and not important, or of little value: 零碎东西，零星杂物 I took most of the big things to the new house, but there are a few odds and ends left to pick up.我把大部分大家什都搬到新房去了，但还有些零碎的东西要收拾。 Synonym oddmentsmainly UK Groups and collections of things age bracket agglomerate agglomeration Aladdin's cave anthology array basket crop empty set ensemble family feast glory box package portfolio sheaf sheaves starter pack store cupboard storehouse You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Variety and mixtures odds and ends | American Dictionaryodds and ends plural noun us/ˈɑdz ən ˈendz/ various items of different types, usually small and unimportant or of little value: We’ve moved most of the furniture to the new house, but there are still a few odds and ends to bring over. Examples of odds and endsodds and ends Examples include bag and baggage, bits and pieces, leaps and bounds, oddsandends, over and done with, safe and sound and the dim and distant past. It is not unlikely that we shall find we have some oddsandends to gather up, and probably that will lead to amending legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To do this we had to buy a number of houses, a public house, a farm, and various oddsandends of that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clauses 2, 3 and 4, as he has explained to us, contain a number of "oddsandends"—some very odd. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It really cannot just be told that they have a few oddsandends to attend to. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are still a lot of oddsandends of very peculiar liabilities which the railways are left facing for no particular reason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, there are still a number of oddsandends which should be dealt with. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not one of those little oddsandends like £10,000 to be divided among 3,000,000 unemployed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Two years later what we have is a mish-mash of oddsandends. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had oddsandends which seemed to have no affinity, and to be incapable of being welded into any coherent whole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same applied to wagon covers, ropes, and other oddsandends, which were practically all pooled, and this relieved the situation considerably. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the same time we prefer to accept whatever oddsandends may come our way rather than sit and starve. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a collection of oddsandends and nothing more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are gatherings of oddsandends—proposals whose time has come—but by and large they tend not to be controversial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it in agriculture, or is it in the multiplicity of oddsandends that exploit agriculture? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of odds and ends These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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