a large number of objects or personal possessions, especially the equipment that you need for a particular activity (尤指某活动所需的)装备,大量用品,私人物品 skiing paraphernalia 滑雪装备 an electric kettle and all the paraphernalia for making tea and coffee 电水壶及沏茶冲咖啡的全套用具
Extra ExamplesHe was arrested for possessing syringes and other drug paraphernalia. 他因拥有注射器和其他毒品用具而被捕。 They were kept busy sorting out a house and furniture and the paraphernalia of married life. 他们一直忙于整理房子、家具和婚后生活的用品。 the medical paraphernalia associated with an intensive care unit 与重症监护室相关的医疗用品
Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting property owned by a married woman): from medieval Latin, based on Greek parapherna ‘property apart from a dowry’, from para ‘distinct from’ + pherna (from phernē ‘dower’).