paraphernalia
paraphernalia -英/ˌpærəfə'neɪlɪə/ 美/'pærəfə'nelɪə/ n. 随身用具;全部有关的事物;各种物件(尤指特定活动所需的装备等);设备;专用装饰,繁文缛节.
Definition:
1a: articles of equipment designed for a particular use or activity : apparatus,sports paraphernalia
Just across the road there's also a well-stocked supermarket and a souvenir shop selling all manner of beach paraphernalia. —Helen McGurk
Simple possession of drug paraphernalia [=equipment used especially for taking, preparing, or selling illegal drugs] is not a federal crime. However, some state laws prohibit owning or possessing these items. —Jeffrey A. Singer
1b: items or features typically associated with a particular activity, subject, etc. : appurtenances
… witches screaming into the lightning, monsters lurking and leaping, titanic battles between massed forces of Good and Evil, and the rest of the usual paraphernalia of fantasy horror. —Melanie A. Rawls
The whole paraphernalia of the modern university—endowments, buildings and grounds, trustees and president, heads of departments and deans, curricula, grades and examinations—were absent or subordinated. —J. McKeen Cattell
She had learned that she could always win him to her point of view by disguising a naked fact in the paraphernalia of philosophy. —Ellen Glasgow
2: personal belongings
[Dani S.] Bassett [professor] describes her [grandmother] as an "ultra-collector"—she had a basement and crawlspace full of antique paraphernalia such as chairs, books, crystal glasses, silverware, paintings and buttons. —Amelia Tait
3 dated : the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
短语
ligthing paraphernalia: 照明器具
Drug paraphernalia: 药物;吸毒用具
laboratory paraphernalia: 实验室用具
painter's paraphernalia: 画具
lookma paraphernalia: 区域
paraphernalia private estates: 个人所有物
test paraphernalia: 试验用附属装置
gambling paraphernalia 赌具;
Marriage paraphernalia 结婚用物
photographic paraphernalia 照相器材
camp paraphernalia 露营行装
the rituals and paraphernalia of government政府机构的礼仪和繁文缛节。
sports paraphernalia 体育用品;
Recent Examples on the Web
No other drugs were found in Perry’s system, and there was no paraphernalia discovered in his home, officials said.—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
There was no evidence of illicit drugs or paraphernalia at his home.—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Investigators wearing white hazmat suits and powder blue booties found a handgun and drug paraphernalia in a bedroom.—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
The lack of campaign paraphernalia was noticeable, although a few rally-goers had improvised. —Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 24 July 2024