If a group of people or a collection of things is homogeneous, they are all of the same type — same kind, same quality, not a mix. A jar of only white rice is homogeneous; a jar of rice and beans is not.

If如果 a group of people or a collection of things一群人，或一堆東西 is是 homogeneous homogeneous, they are all of the same type代表他們全部都是同一種類型 — same kind, same quality, not a mix同一種、同一種品質，不是混合的。A jar of only white rice一罐只裝白米的罐子 is homogeneous是homogeneous的; a jar of rice and beans一罐裝了米又裝了豆子的罐子 is not就不是。

In science, a homogeneous mixture looks the same all the way through, like sugar dissolved in tea. Social scientists use it for a class or a town where people share the same background, and they often say it with a slightly critical voice, as if too much sameness were dull or closed.

In science在科學裡, a homogeneous mixturehomogeneous mixture（均勻混合物） looks the same all the way through從頭到尾看起來都一樣, like sugar dissolved in tea就像糖溶在茶裡一樣。Social scientists社會科學家 use it用它 for a class or a town來形容一個階層或一個城鎮 where people share the same background裡面的人有著相同的背景, and they often say it with a slightly critical voice而且他們講這個字時常常帶點批評的語氣, as if too much sameness were dull or closed好像太過相同會顯得無聊或封閉。

It is a formal word. In ordinary talk you would just say "all the same" or "uniform." The stress sits on the third beat: ho-muh-JEE-nee-us, five syllables.

It它 is是 a formal word一個正式的字。In ordinary talk在平常說話中 you would just say你可能就直接說 "all the same"「all the same都一樣」 or或 "uniform."「uniform一致的」。The stress重音 sits on落在 the third beat第三個音節: ho-muh-JEE-nee-us ho-muh-JEE-nee-us, five syllables一共五個音節。

Students often squash it, or swap it with homogenous, which looks like a twin. Homogenous is an older biology word for "coming from the same origin"; newspapers now use both as if they were one word, though actually careful science writing still prefers homogeneous for "all the same type." The front piece homo- means "same," the same homo- as in homophone. It does not mean "man." The opposite is heterogeneous — mixed, of different kinds.

Students學生 often squash it常常把它唸擠在一起, or swap it with homogenous或是跟homogenous搞混, which looks like a twin這個字看起來就像它的雙胞胎。Homogenous homogenous is an older biology word是一個比較舊的生物學用詞 for "coming from the same origin"意思是「源自同一個起源」; newspapers now use both as if they were one word現在報紙常常把兩個字當成同一個字用, though actually careful science writing still prefers homogeneous for "all the same type."不過其實嚴謹的科學寫作，講「全部都是同一種類型」時還是偏好用homogeneous。The front piece homo-前面的homo- means "same,"意思是「相同」, the same homo- as in homophone跟homophone（同音異義字）裡的homo-是同一個。It它 does not mean "man."不是「man男人」的意思。The opposite is heterogeneous它的反義詞是heterogeneous — mixed, of different kinds混合的、各種不同種類的。