1.[usually before noun]普通的；平常的；一般的；平凡的
2.[disapproving]平庸的，平淡无奇的 单词分析
- 这些形容词均含有“普通的，普遍的”之意。
common多用于指物，侧重很常见，不稀奇。
ordinary用于物，指每天发生，十分平淡无奇；用于人，指无特别之处，很一般。
commonplace强调缺少新意。
general语气强于common，侧重大多如此，很少有例外情况。
usual指常见常闻和常做的事或举动，强调惯常性。
popular指适应大众爱好、需要，为大家所公认或接受。
universal与general同义，但语气较强，侧重对每个人或事物都适用，根本没有例外。
- a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
- an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
- not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
- a judge of a probate court
- the expected or commonplace condition or situation
- (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields