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lost property

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Daily life
ˌlost ˈproperty noun [uncountable] British English  1. DLOSE/CAN'T FINDthings that people have lost or accidentally left in a public place, which are kept until someone collects them 待领失物2 (also Lost Property)DLOSE/CAN'T FIND a place where these things are kept until someone comes to claim them 失物招领处 SYN American English lost-and-found Thankfully, someone had handed my bag into Lost Property. 幸好有人把我的包交到了失物招领处。
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lost propertyBasically the police will regard the child as lost property to be returned as soon as possible.He looks like lost property now.If a name is available, librarians attempt to contact the owners of lost property.Since plaintiffs naturally inclined to value their lost property exorbitantly, defendants did have reason to think seriously about restoring it.
ˌlost ˈproperty nounChineseSyllable
or Corpus lost things accidentally in that a people left have


lost property
ˌlost ˈproperty noun [uncountable] British English
1. things that people have lost or accidentally left in a public place, which are kept until someone collects them
2. (also Lost Property) a place where these things are kept until someone comes to claim them
   SYN  lost-and-found American English:
    Thankfully, someone had handed my bag into Lost Property.


lost propertyBrE /ˌlɒst ˈprɒpəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˌlɔːst ˈprɑːpərti/ 🔊, /ˌlɑːst ˈprɑːpərti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (BrE) items that have been found in public places and are waiting to be collected by the people who lost them (待招领的)失物a lost-property office失物招领处 (NAmE ˌlost and ˈfound) the place where items that have been found are kept until they are collected 失物招领处