commonplace
commonplace 英 [ˈkɒmənpleɪs] 美 [ˈkɑmənpleɪs]
n. 平常事 adj. 普通的，平凡的
名词复数:commonplaces
- Something commonplace is ordinary. It can also be something dull and unchallenging or tired and clichéd. Coffee shops in cities are commonplace, so are berets in Paris. You see them all over the place.
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- n. 平常事
- adj. 普通的，平凡的
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1. Computers are now commonplace in primary classrooms.
计算机如今在小学教室里很普遍。
- commonplace (n.) 1540s, "a statement generally accepted," a literal translation of Latin locus communis, itself a translation of Greek koinos topos "general topic," in logic, "general theme applicable to many particular cases." See common (adj.) + place (n.). Meaning "memorandum of something that is likely to be again referred to, striking or notable passage" is from 1560s; hence commonplace-book (1570s) in which such were written down. Meaning "well-known, customary, or obvious remark" is from 1550s. The adjectival sense of "having nothing original" dates from c. 1600.
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