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单词 kitchen-sink
释义
kitchen-sink
adjective[before noun]
UK
uk
/ˌkɪtʃ.ənˈsɪŋk/us
/ˌkɪtʃ.ənˈsɪŋk/
used todescribeplays,films, andnovelsthat are aboutordinarypeople'slives:
（剧本、电影或小说）描写普通人生活的
a kitchen-sinkdrama描写普通人生活的戏剧作品
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Plain and ordinary
  • as it comesidiom
  • austere
  • austerely
  • austerity
  • average Joe
  • generalized
  • homeliness
  • homely
  • homespun
  • homey
  • rife
  • run-of-the-mill
  • severe
  • severely
  • simple
  • unmounted
  • unoriginal
  • unostentatiously
  • unremarkable
  • well trodden
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(Definition ofkitchen-sinkfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkitchen-sink

kitchen-sink
That includes thekitchensink, and he knows it.
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For the sake of their brains they have to get away from thekitchensink, 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 thekitchensink.
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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 akitchensink, 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 akitchensink.
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Not only does the water not drain away from theirkitchensinkbut the bath water from the upstairs neighbour does not drain away properly.
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They usually, ruin thekitchensinkbecause they stick buckets, plaster and paint in it.
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By and large, we were tied to thekitchensinkor the typist's chair.
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There was a fittedkitchensinkwith 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 andkitchensink.
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People will dispute matters with public authorities, and will waste no time in doing so; they will throw thekitchensinkat them.
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Nearly 2 million shared, or were without, akitchensink.
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The tenants cannot go on having other people's bath water coming into theirkitchensinkfor ever.
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He might possibly have chosen a more elevated article of furniture than thekitchensink, but we shall not argue about that.
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