hodgepodge

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

這個字我們還沒有寫成教學內容。以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,方便你先看懂它的意思。

hodgepodgenoun/ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/

  • 1

    A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

    • His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.
    • MAn's life is but vain, for tis ſubject to pain, / and ſorrow, and ſhort as a buble; / 'tis a hodge podge of buſineſs, and mony and care, / and care, and mony, and trouble.
  • 2

    A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.

    • The little Pieces of Beef vvere like Plums in our Hodg-podg. Indeed 'tvvas not fit to be eaten any other vvay; for tho' it did not ſtink, yet it vvas very unſavory and black, vvithout the leaſt ſign of Fat in it: […]

hodgepodgeverb/ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/

  • 1

    To move or position in an erratic, disorganized manner.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。