hodgepodge
英 ['h?d?p?d?]
美['hɑd?pɑd?]
- n. 大雜燴；混煮；一團(tuán)糟
- vt. 使混亂
GRE
英文詞源
- hodgepodge (n.)
- also hodge podge, hodge-podge, early 15c., hogpoch, alteration of hotchpotch (late 14c.) "a kind of stew," especially "one made with goose, herbs, spices, wine, and other ingredients," earlier an Anglo-French legal term (late 13c.) meaning "collection of property in a common 'pot' before dividing it equally," from Old French hochepot "stew, soup," first element from hocher "to shake," from a Germanic source (such as Middle High German hotzen "shake").
雙語例句
- 1. The region became a hodgepodge of languages and dialects, some from the east, some from the south and some from other countries entirely.
- 這個地區(qū)成為語言和方言的大雜燴，有些來自東部，有些來自南部，而有些完全是來自別的國家。
來自辭典例句
- 2. This box is a hodgepodge of books, old toys and things.
- 這個箱子里,書 、 舊玩具及其他物品混雜在一起.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Fang Hung - chien wished he could have said, No wonder your honorable work is such a hodgepodge.
- 方鴻 漸 恨不能說: “怪不得閣下的大作也是那樣斑駁陸離.
來自漢英文學(xué) - 圍城
- 4. In short, it's a bit of hodgepodge, full of stark contrasts.
- 簡而言之, 有點兒像大雜燴, 反差強(qiáng)烈.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. But this kind of exhibition is easyly to be made into hodgepodge.
- 但是這種展覽也容易做成大雜燴.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)