英语词汇“medley”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

medley

/ˈmɛdli

noun (plural medleys)

1A varied mixture of people or things: an interesting medley of flavours...

For main course I had calves liver, nice and pink, on haggis mash with caramelised shallots and boudin blanc with a beef jus, a splendid medley of complementary flavours.
His hot climate allows peaches with a low chill requirement to develop a medley of complex flavors.
Thick, juicy cod fillets are steamed over water that is intensely flavoured with a medley of spices, fresh herbs and aromatics.

Synonyms

assortment, miscellany, mixture, melange, blend, variety, mixed bag, mix, diversity, collection, selection, assemblage, combination, motley collection, pot-pourri, conglomeration, jumble, mess, confusion, mishmash, hotchpotch, hodgepodge, ragbag, pastiche, patchwork, farrago, hash

informal scissors-and-paste job, mash-up

rare gallimaufry, omnium gatherum, olio, salmagundi, macédoine

1.1A collection of songs or other musical items performed as a continuous piece: a medley of Beatles songs...

This group of 20 singers have been together for five years and will perform a medley of Christmas songs and classical pieces.
They performed a medley of well known songs that got the crowd going.
The final piece on the program was a medley of folk songs from Canada's various provinces, and went on a bit too long.

1.2A swimming race in which contestants swim sections in different strokes, either individually or in relay teams: the 400 m individual medley [as modifier]: the junior 4x50 m medley relay...

I used to swim medleys at national age groups but I concentrated more on freestyle as I got older.
Apparently, ever since a female umpire disqualified him from the individual medley at a swimming gala he'd found it difficult to deal with older women.
The individual medley provided the Games with the first ever swimming champion from Zimbabwe.

adjective archaic

Mixed; motley: a medley range of vague and variable impressions

verb (past and past participle medleyed or medlied) [with object] archaic

Make a medley of; intermix: (as adjective medleyed or medlied) the medlied establishments of the native chiefs

Origin

Middle English (denoting hand-to-hand combat, also cloth made of variegated wool): from Old French medlee, variant of meslee 'melee', based on medieval Latin misculare 'to mix'; compare with meddle.

A medley was originally a fight, and is the same word as melee (mid 16th century), ‘a confused fight or scuffle’. The source is French, and goes back to Latin misculare ‘to mix’, the source of mix (see mash) and related to meddle (Middle English). The mixing and mingling of combatants in hand-to-hand fighting led to medley having a variety of uses that involve a mixture of parts. It was applied to a collection of songs or tunes performed as a continuous piece in the 17th century, and the swimming event with each part involving a different stroke appeared in the 1920s.

单词	medley
释义	medley /ˈmɛdli / noun (plural medleys) 1A varied mixture of people or things: an interesting medley of flavours... For main course I had calves liver, nice and pink, on haggis mash with caramelised shallots and boudin blanc with a beef jus, a splendid medley of complementary flavours. His hot climate allows peaches with a low chill requirement to develop a medley of complex flavors. Thick, juicy cod fillets are steamed over water that is intensely flavoured with a medley of spices, fresh herbs and aromatics. Synonyms assortment, miscellany, mixture, melange, blend, variety, mixed bag, mix, diversity, collection, selection, assemblage, combination, motley collection, pot-pourri, conglomeration, jumble, mess, confusion, mishmash, hotchpotch, hodgepodge, ragbag, pastiche, patchwork, farrago, hash informal scissors-and-paste job, mash-up rare gallimaufry, omnium gatherum, olio, salmagundi, macédoine 1.1A collection of songs or other musical items performed as a continuous piece: a medley of Beatles songs... This group of 20 singers have been together for five years and will perform a medley of Christmas songs and classical pieces. They performed a medley of well known songs that got the crowd going. The final piece on the program was a medley of folk songs from Canada's various provinces, and went on a bit too long. 1.2A swimming race in which contestants swim sections in different strokes, either individually or in relay teams: the 400 m individual medley [as modifier]: the junior 4x50 m medley relay... I used to swim medleys at national age groups but I concentrated more on freestyle as I got older. Apparently, ever since a female umpire disqualified him from the individual medley at a swimming gala he'd found it difficult to deal with older women. The individual medley provided the Games with the first ever swimming champion from Zimbabwe. adjective archaic Mixed; motley: a medley range of vague and variable impressions verb (past and past participle medleyed or medlied) [with object] archaic Make a medley of; intermix: (as adjective medleyed or medlied) the medlied establishments of the native chiefs Origin Middle English (denoting hand-to-hand combat, also cloth made of variegated wool): from Old French medlee, variant of meslee 'melee', based on medieval Latin misculare 'to mix'; compare with meddle. A medley was originally a fight, and is the same word as melee (mid 16th century), ‘a confused fight or scuffle’. The source is French, and goes back to Latin misculare ‘to mix’, the source of mix (see mash) and related to meddle (Middle English). The mixing and mingling of combatants in hand-to-hand fighting led to medley having a variety of uses that involve a mixture of parts. It was applied to a collection of songs or tunes performed as a continuous piece in the 17th century, and the swimming event with each part involving a different stroke appeared in the 1920s. Rhymes deadly, Hedley, redly
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