hotchpotch

英 [ˈhɒtʃpɒtʃ]

美 [ˈhɑːtʃpɑːtʃ]

n.  杂乱无章的一堆东西; 大杂烩

TEM8法律

BNC.34945

牛津词典

noun

• 杂乱无章的一堆东西；大杂烩
  a number of things mixed together without any particular order or reason

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 杂乱无章的一堆东西;大杂烩
  Ahotch-potchis an untidy mixture of different types of things.
  1. The palace is a complete hotch-potch of architectural styles.
     这座宫殿完全是各种建筑风格的大杂烩。

in AM, use 美国英语用 hodgepodge

英英释义

noun

• a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables
• a motley assortment of things
  Synonym:odds and endsoddmentsmelangefarragoragbagmishmashmingle-manglehodgepodgegallimaufryomnium-gatherum

双语例句

• They are all a hotchpotch of greatness and littleness, of virtue and vice, of nobility and baseness.
  他们皆是伟大与渺小，善良与邪恶，高尚与低俗的混合体。
• New age thinking seems to be a hotchpotch of old and new ideas.
  新时代思维看上去像是新旧思想的杂烩。
• His essay was a hotchpotch of other people's ideas.
  他的文章是把别人的想法拼凑在一起的大杂烩。
• Garton pensively stirred the hotchpotch of his hair.
  加顿沉思着搅动自己的乱发。
• The genetic material in them is indeed a hotchpotch derived from avian, human and swine sources, but all eight segments come most recently from pigs.
  这些病毒中的基因物质确实是一个大杂烩，它们来自禽类、人类和猪，但是所有8个片段的基因物质主要最近来自于猪。
• More like a thriving town than a multiple store& a hotchpotch
  像百货公司，更像兴旺的城镇
• I recommend Ladies'Street. It's famous for the spicy hotchpotch.
  我推荐女人街，那儿的麻辣烫非常出名。
• Foreign investment limits have been raised and a plan made for a national sales tax to replace a hotchpotch of state levies.
  印度提高了外商投资限额，并且制定了计划、以全国统一的销售税来取代各邦林林总总的税收。