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单词 portmanteau
释义
portmanteau
noun[C]
old-fashioned
uk
/pɔːtˈmæn.təʊ/us
/pɔːrtˈmæn.toʊ/
pluralportmanteausorportmanteauxuk
/-təʊz/us
/-toʊz/
alargecaseforcarryingclotheswhiletravelling,especiallyone thatopensout into twoparts
（尤指两格式）旅行皮箱
See also
portmanteau word
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Containers for carrying personal possessions
  • attaché case
  • baggage
  • baggage allowance
  • billfold
  • bindle
  • briefcase
  • excess baggage
  • fanny pack
  • garment bag
  • grip
  • hand luggage
  • handbag
  • pannier
  • pillbox
  • pocketbook
  • rucksack
  • sack
  • saddlebag
  • satchel
  • schoolbag
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portmanteau
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pɔːtˈmæn.təʊ/us
/pɔːrtˈmæn.toʊ/
consisting of awiderangeof things that areconsideredas asinglething:
多成分组合的；综合的
The Official SecretsActwasdescribedas apieceof portmanteaulegislation,coveringeverything fromnuclearweaponstoarmyboots.《官方保密法》被描述为一个内容庞杂的立法，涵盖了从核武器到军靴的一切东西。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
General
  • abstract
  • abstraction
  • abstractly
  • across-the-board
  • all-purpose
  • broad
  • broadness
  • by and largeidiom
  • chiefly
  • general
  • generalist
  • non-personal
  • on the wholeidiom
  • overall
  • primarily
  • principle
  • sense
  • stuff
  • thing
  • whole
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(Definition ofportmanteaufrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofportmanteau

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Stump discusses three main phenomena : 'portmanteau' rule blocks, parallel blocks and reversible blocks.
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We are willing to countenance a restricted group of local experiments, but notportmanteaupowers.
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Suppose one is carrying a case, a parcel orportmanteau, and that a number of personal and confidential letters are carried in it.
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The question of how to fill thisportmanteauis very important.
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They are similar in that they areportmanteauprovisions; that is to say, they are susceptible of unlimited expansion in the future.
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Both these twoportmanteauprovisions have similarities and also differences.
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Here we are using aportmanteauphrase in order basically to save time and complication.
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I think that he will accept that that is rather aportmanteauway of describing the matter.
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The exchange is an incalculable matter there, where a man has to take aportmanteaufull of paper currency in order to buy his breakfast.
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We are happy that those matters have been rolled together, resulting in aportmanteauproposal.
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The clause is by no means the most troubling aspect of a troublingportmanteauof legislation.
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The judge rejected it as being aportmanteauwarrant and therefore improper.
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I could not give aportmanteauanswer as to what particular difficulties might be considered enough in an individual case.
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Is it aportmanteauphrase covering both?
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We also want to ensure technology transfer as far as we can, but that tends to be a curiousportmanteauexpression used to describe things which are tradeable.
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