| 单词 | jumble |
| 释义 | jumble (dʒʌmbəl ) Word forms: jumbles , jumbling , jumbled 1. countable noun [usually singular] A jumble of things is a lot of different things that are all mixed together in a disorganized or confused way. The shoreline was made up of a jumble of huge boulders. [+ of] ...a meaningless jumble of words. Synonyms: muddle, mixture, mess, disorder 2. verb If you jumble things or if things jumble, they become mixed together so that they are untidy or are not in the correct order. He's making a new film by jumbling together bits of his other movies. [V n + together] His thoughts jumbled and raced like children fighting. [VERB] Synonyms: mix, mistake, confuse, disorder To jumble up means the same as to jumble. They had jumbled it all up into a heap. [V n P prep/adv] The bank scrambles all that money together, jumbles it all up and lends it out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] The watch parts fell apart and jumbled up. [VERB PARTICLE] There were six wires jumbled up, tied together, all painted black. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] 3. uncountable noun Jumble is old or unwanted things that people give away to charity. [British] She expects me to drive round collecting jumble for the church. [+ for] Collocations: jumble together It's interesting that in one tiny part of the city there can be such a variety of foods, all jumbled together. Times, Sunday Times It's best when they have a lot of different types of architecture all jumbled together, as that creates its own visual rhythm, too. Times, Sunday Times Extravagance, genuine mistake, sly acquisitiveness and outright criminal fraud are now jumbled together in the national mind as though there were no moral differences. Times, Sunday Times As the couple discuss how to handle this, trivial and weighty issues typically become jumbled together. Times, Sunday Times But it has a slightly thrown together feel, with masterpieces and mediocrities from different periods jumbled together with disparate objects of varying relevance. The Times Literary Supplement Translations: Chinese: 杂乱的一堆 Japanese: ごちゃ混ぜ |
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