kitchen sink
短语n. 厨房中的洗涤盆, 厨房中的水池, (喻)搬不动的东西, 乱七八糟的东西 a. (喻)表现西文现代生活中肮脏情景的
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释义与例句
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1.
A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.
The kitchen sink was piled high with dirty dishes.
1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados The present trouble centres round the kitchen sink. It is cracked and leaks.
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2.
A miscellaneous item or a miscellany, especially exemplifying an indiscriminate profusion.
定语 比喻They threw the kitchen sink at the problem, but still couldn’t fix it.
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3.
In chained or tied to the kitchen sink, etc.: domestic chores or housework, especially when regarded as menial and tedious.
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A thing regarded as defiled due to corruption, immorality, etc.
比喻 废旧
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To make (something) overly complicated or elaborate; to overcomplicate, to overwork.
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To raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
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To raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
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To release (a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company) in one go, in the hope that there will be less impact.
英国 及物 商务
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Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century realist style of painting in Britain characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors such as kitchens in the homes of urban working-class people; also, of or pertaining to an artist or group of artists painting in this style.
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Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century (especially 1950s–1960s) genre of drama, fiction, etc., in Britain depicting the harsh lives of working-class people; also, of or pertaining to a film, novel, play, etc., of this genre.
英国 媒体 艺术 引申义
词汇关系
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词源
The noun is derived from kitchen + sink. Sense 2.1 (“miscellaneous item or miscellany”) is probably from everything but the kitchen sink. The adjective is derived from the noun. Sense 1 (“of or pertaining to a realist style of painting characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors of urban working-class people”) was coined by the British art critic David Sylvester (1924–2001) in a December 1954 article entitled “The Kitchen Sink”: see the quotation. The verb is a back-formation from kitchen-sinking (noun), which is derived from the noun.
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