bric-a-brac: [19] Bric-a-brac first appears in English in William Thackeray’s The adventures of Philip 1862: ‘a(chǎn)ll the valuables of the house, including, perhaps, JJ’s bricabrac, cabinets, china, and so forth’. It comes from the obsolete French phrase à bric et à brac ‘a(chǎn)t random’; the brac element is a fanciful alteration of bric ‘piece’.
bric-a-brac (n.)
1840, from obsolete French à bric et à brac (16c.) "at random, any old way," a nonsense phrase.
雙語例句
1. But China, not Russia, appears to be the odd Bric out.
但金磚四國中落單的似乎是中國, 而非俄羅斯.
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2. Bric funds have sprung up for investors to pile into the sector.
金磚四國的基金也已經(jīng)成長起來,吸引投資者蜂擁而入.
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3. Even where BRIC countries agree in general, they often disagree in detail.