ordinary

ordinary
adjective

with no special or distinctive features; normal
平常的，普通的；正常的
he sets out to depict ordinary people.
他开始描写平民百姓。
it was just an ordinary evening.
这只是一个平常的夜晚。
■uninteresting; commonplace
平淡的，寻常的
she seemed very ordinary.
她看上去十分寻常。
(especially of a judge or bishop) exercising authority by virtue of office and not by deputation
（尤指法官、主教）常任的，本身有权的

(pl. -ies)

(Law, Brit.)a person, especially a judge, exercising authority by virtue of office and not by deputation
(律英)常任法官（无须指派便可依权审案）
(the Ordinary)an archbishop in a province
管区长，教区长
■a bishop in a diocese
教区的主教
(常作Ordinary)those parts of a Roman Catholic service, especially the Mass, which do not vary from day to day
（罗马天主教）常规弥撒（弥撒经文中每天不变的部分）
■a rule or book laying down the order of divine service
礼拜式规程书典
(Heraldry)any of the simplest principal charges used in coats of arms (especially chief, pale, bend, fess, bar, chevron, cross, saltire)
(纹章)普通图记（尤指上段、垂直宽条、对角条纹、中带、横条纹、人字形图记、十字架形、Ｘ形）
short for ordinary share
ordinary share的简称
(Brit. archaic)a meal provided at a fixed time and price at an inn
(英，古)（小旅馆中时间价格固定的）客饭
■an inn providing this
（提供上述客饭的）小旅馆
(historical, chiefly US)an early type of bicycle with one large and one very small wheel; a penny-farthing
(史，主美)（前轮大后轮小的）老式自行车

常用词组
in ordinary

(Brit.)(in titles) by permanent appointment, especially to the royal household
(英)（头衔）常任的（尤指皇家御用的）
painter in ordinary to Her Majesty.
女王陛下的御用画家。

in the ordinary way

(chiefly Brit.)if the circumstances are or were not exceptional; normally
(主英)通常地；正常地，平常地

out of the ordinary

派生
ordinariness
noun
语源

late Middle English: the noun partly via Old French; the adjective from Latin ordinarius 'orderly' (reinforced by French ordinaire), from ordo, ordin- 'order'

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