catch-all

短语

[化] 分沫器; 截液器

词形变化

catch-alls 复数 catch-alls

别名

catchall

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought.

    If you're not careful, the entrance table will quickly become a catch-all for things that come in the door.

    The category was a catch-all for items that were not filed elsewhere.

    Cancer is a catch-all term that encompasses a wide variety of diseases.

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of catch-all term.

    引申义

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

enclosure receptacle

词源

From catch + -all.

来源：wiktionary