hodgepodge

英 ['h?d?p?d?] 美['hɑd?pɑd?]

英英釋義實用場景例句

GRE

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").

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。

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.

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.

4. In short, it's a bit of hodgepodge, full of stark contrasts.: 簡而言之, 有點兒像大雜燴, 反差強烈.

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.