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 (late 13c.) meaning "collection of property in a common 'pot' before dividing it equally," from Old French hochepot "stew, soup," first element from hocher "to shake," from a Germanic source (such as Middle High German hotzen "shake").
雙語例句
1. The region became a hodgepodge of languages and dialects, some from the east, some from the south and some from other countries entirely.
這個地區(qū)成為語言和方言的大雜燴，有些來自東部，有些來自南部，而有些完全是來自別的國家。
來自辭典例句
2. This box is a hodgepodge of books, old toys and things.
這個箱子里,書 、 舊玩具及其他物品混雜在一起.
來自辭典例句
3. Fang Hung - chien wished he could have said, No wonder your honorable work is such a hodgepodge.
方鴻 漸 恨不能說: “怪不得閣下的大作也是那樣斑駁陸離.
來自漢英文學(xué) - 圍城
4. In short, it's a bit of hodgepodge, full of stark contrasts.
簡而言之, 有點兒像大雜燴, 反差強烈.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. But this kind of exhibition is easyly to be made into hodgepodge.