alphabet soup
短语字母汤；字母形花片汤
词形变化
alphabet soups
复数
alphabet soups
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A type of soup that contains noodles in the shape of various alphabetical letters, sometimes also numbers.
可数 不可数Meronym: alfabeto
Parents have been entertaining their children at mealtime with alphabet soup since the nineteenth century.
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2.
A cryptic overabundance of acronyms and abbreviations.
可数 比喻 不可数The various engineering teams' correspondence on circuit board design was an alphabet soup to outsiders.
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3.
A quantity of people or organizations that are referred to by acronyms.
可数 比喻 不可数too many three-letter agencies, constituting an alphabet soup
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4.
A physical state in which there is a miscellany of different particles, often designated by letters.
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The series of preliminary races (denoted by letters) through which drivers must advance to the main event.
可数 俚语 不可数 体育