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单词 odds and ends
释义
odds and ends
noun[plural]
informal
uk
/ˌɒdz ənd ˈendz/us
/ˌɑːdz ənd ˈendz/
(UKalsoodds and sods)
C2
variousthings of differenttypes, usuallysmalland notimportant, or of littlevalue:
零碎东西，零星杂物
I took most of thebigthings to the newhouse, but there are a fewoddsandendslefttopickup.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
oddmentsmainlyUK
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(Definition ofodds and endsfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

odds and ends| American Dictionary

odds and ends
plural noun
us
/ˈɑdz ən ˈendz/
variousitemsof differenttypes, usuallysmallandunimportantor of littlevalue:
We’vemovedmost of thefurnitureto the newhouse, but there are still a few odds and ends tobringover.
(Definition ofodds and endsfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofodds and ends

odds 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.
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It is not unlikely that we shall find we have someoddsandendsto gather up, and probably that will lead to amending legislation.
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To do this we had to buy a number of houses, a public house, a farm, and variousoddsandendsof that kind.
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Clauses 2, 3 and 4, as he has explained to us, contain a number of "oddsandends"—some very odd.
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It really cannot just be told that they have a fewoddsandendsto attend to.
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There are still a lot ofoddsandendsof very peculiar liabilities which the railways are left facing for no particular reason.
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Nevertheless, there are still a number ofoddsandendswhich should be dealt with.
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It is not one of those littleoddsandendslike £10,000 to be divided among 3,000,000 unemployed.
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Two years later what we have is a mish-mash ofoddsandends.
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We hadoddsandendswhich seemed to have no affinity, and to be incapable of being welded into any coherent whole.
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The same applied to wagon covers, ropes, and otheroddsandends, which were practically all pooled, and this relieved the situation considerably.
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At the same time we prefer to accept whateveroddsandendsmay come our way rather than sit and starve.
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It is a collection ofoddsandendsand nothing more.
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They are gatherings ofoddsandends—proposals whose time has come—but by and large they tend not to be controversial.
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Is it in agriculture, or is it in the multiplicity ofoddsandendsthat exploit agriculture?
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