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词汇 bric-a-brac
释义 bric-a-brac
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈbrɪk.ə.bræk/ us /ˈbrɪk.ə.bræk/
small decorative objects of various types and of no great value: (不值钱的)小装饰品,小摆设
They sell antiques and bric-a-brac.他们出售古董和小摆设。
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bric-a-brac | American Dictionary


bric-a-brac
noun[ U ]
us/ˈbrɪk·əˌbræk/
small, decorative objects of various types and of no great value

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bric-a-brac
It is generally used for all unwanted household bric-a-brac and practically all the detritus of modern civilization goes down its maw.
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I am told that, if one goes into some charity shops, one does not see the traditional bric-a-brac or second-hand goods.
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They offer a place where those people can purchase clothing, furniture, bric-a-brac or essential items at prices they can afford.
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What we want are the impulses of youth to sweep away this constitutional bric-a-brac and start building a new society on sound economic lines.
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And what have we been given, apart from a gathering of bric-a-brac from the past ingeniously packaged to give the impression of generosity?
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It refers also to auctions of pictures, bric-a-brac, and that sort of thing.
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Anybody may have them to save a sick person; and the remaining bric-a-brac and debris can be consigned to the crematorium.
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The contents of these houses, and, indeed, much of the contents of our museums and galleries, are really the accumulation, the trophies and the bric-a-brac of that grandly acquisitive age.
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The term bric-a-brac may indeed apply.
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Merchandise sold includes adult clothing, consumer electronics, furniture, bric-a-brac, jewelry, handbags, shoes, and books.
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His house was decorated with kitch items, chintz decorations, and colourful bric-a-brac.
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Here he keeps his own collection of magical tomes and lore, along with an extensive and eclectic collection of bric-a-brac useful in making potions.
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Her mixed media works are made with delicate layers of acrylic paint and color pencil on the surfaces of old books or other bric-a-brac objects.
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Songs are frequently punctuated by unexpected blasts of noise, awkward tape edits, sped-up or slowed-down vocal or instrumental parts, and other sonic bric-a-brac.
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The entrance to the station was in use as a secondhand/bric-a-brac shop until it was destroyed by fire in 2004.
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