English Dictionary

paraphernalia

/ˌpæɹəfəˈneɪli.ə/

noun

Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity. / (archaic, family law) Things a married woman owns, such as clothing and jewellery, apart from her dowry.

She had a collection of various paraphernalia from her travels.

意味（1）

Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity.

He has an impressive collection of bicycling paraphernalia, but he doesn't ride very often anymore.

意味（2）

(archaic, family law) Things a married woman owns, such as clothing and jewellery, apart from her dowry.

So she told her what her husband had said and sat with her awhile; but, presently, up came porters, who brought all her clothes and paraphernalia and what not else belonged to her of goods and vessels from her husband’s house and deposited them in that of her mother.