melange

n. 混合物

发音

US /məˈlɑnʒ/

词形变化

melanges 复数 melanges

别名

mélange

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.

    The room was a melange of comic books and posters.

  2. 2.

    A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.

  3. 3.

    A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.

    地质

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

odds and ends farrago gallimaufry hodgepodge hotchpotch mingle-mangle mishmash oddments omnium-gatherum ragbag

上位词 10

variety mixture assortment motley potpourri smorgasbord miscellanea miscellany mixed bag salmagundi

词源

From French mélange, from Middle French mélange, meslange, from Old French meslance, meslinges (“set of diverse elements”), derived from mescler (“to mingle, mix up”) (modern French mêler), from Vulgar Latin *misculāre, from Latin misceō (“mix”) + -inges, a suffix from Frankish *-ingo (“-ing”). More at mix, -ing.

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