catch-all

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. Ellipsis of catch-all term. abbreviation,alt-of,broadly,ellipsis

词形变化

catch-alls plural catchall alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
catch-allism catch-all party catch-all phrase catch-all term catch-all word

词源

Etymology tree
Vulgar Latin captus
Proto-Indo-European *-yetider.
Vulgar Latin -io
Vulgar Latin *captiāre
Old French chacierbor.
Anglo-Norman cachierbor.
Middle English cacchen
English catch
English -all
English catch-all
From catch + -all.
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