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garden-variety

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈgarden-vaˌriety adjective [only before noun]  especially American EnglishBORING very ordinary and not very interesting 非常一般的,平淡无奇的 This is not one of your garden-variety cases of fraud. 这不是那种一般的欺诈案。
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garden-varietyMine are your everyday garden-variety blue.This guy just walks around like your ordinary garden-variety cat.
Corpus very not and ordinary very interesting


garden-variety
ˈgarden-vaˌriety adjective [only before noun]
especially American English very ordinary and not very interesting:
    This is not one of your garden-variety cases of fraud.


garden-varietyBrE /ˈɡɑːdn vəraɪəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡɑːrdn vəraɪəti/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE ˌcommon or ˈgarden) adjective [only before noun] ordinary; with no special features 普通的;平常的;一般的He is not one of your garden-variety criminals. 他不是个普通的罪犯。🔊🔊