hodgepodge
hodgepodge 英 [ˈhɒdʒpɒdʒ] 美 [ˈhɑdʒpɑdʒ]
n. 大杂烩；混煮；一团糟 vt. 使混乱
名词复数:hodgepodges
- A hodgepodge is a random assortment of things. A dorm room might be furnished with a hodgepodge of milk crates, antique mirrors, and a poster of a kitten hanging on a branch with one paw.
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- n. 大杂烩；混煮；一团糟
- vt. 使混乱
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1. For years, a hodgepodge network of seed banks has been amassing seed and shoot collections.
多年来，大杂烩般的种子银行网已累积了大量的种子和芽的收藏库。
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2. The animal is best described as a hodgepodge of more familiar species: the duck (bill and webbed feet), beaver (tail), and otter (body and fur).
把这种动物形容为熟悉物种的大杂烩最恰当不过了：鸭子（喙形嘴和有蹼的脚），海狸（尾巴），和水獭（身体和毛皮）。
- 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 meaning "collection of property in a common 'pot' before dividing it equally" (late 13c.), from Old French hochepot "stew, soup." First element from hocher "to shake," from a Germanic source (such as Middle High German hotzen "shake").
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