Paraphernalia

paraphernalia







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[Origin: 1470–80; < ML paraphernālia (bona) a bride's goods, beyond her dowry, equiv. to LL paraphern(a) a bride's property (< Gk parápherna, equiv. to para- para-¹ + phern() dowry, deriv. of phérein to bear¹ + -a neut. pl. n. suffix) + L -ālia, n. use of neut. pl. of -ālis -al¹]





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paraphern/ai/lia



n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    隨身用具

          2.    全部有關的事物;設備;器材

          3.    繁複的手續





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



paraphernalia (n.)   

 

is a Latin plural form, and in English it can be treated as either plural or singular, there being no special singular form in English: The paraphernalia professional golfers carry in their bags is [are] considerable. 



It can be either a mass noun (Paraphernalia requires …) or a count noun (These paraphernalia require …). 



See FOREIGN PLURALS. 





大象青年討論全身彩虹 paraphernalia 是否為同性戀的行為



see parasol