medley

noun

/ˈmedli/

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a piece of music consisting of several songs or tunes played or sung one after the other
- a medley of Beatles hits
Topics Musicc2
a mixture of people or things of different kinds
- a medley of flavours/smells
- The building was a medley of styles from different periods.
a swimming race in which swimmers use a different stroke (= style of swimming) for each section of the race, either individually or in teams
- the 4 × 100 metres medley
- She won gold in the individual medley.
Topics Sports: water sportsc2

Word OriginMiddle English (denoting hand-to-hand combat, also cloth made of different coloured wool): from Old French medlee, variant of meslee ‘melee’, based on medieval Latin misculare ‘to mix’; compare with meddle.

单词	medley
释义	medley noun /ˈmedli/ /ˈmedli/ jump to other results a piece of music consisting of several songs or tunes played or sung one after the other a medley of Beatles hits Topics Musicc2 a mixture of people or things of different kinds a medley of flavours/smells The building was a medley of styles from different periods. a swimming race in which swimmers use a different stroke (= style of swimming) for each section of the race, either individually or in teams the 4 × 100 metres medley She won gold in the individual medley. Topics Sports: water sportsc2 Word OriginMiddle English (denoting hand-to-hand combat, also cloth made of different coloured wool): from Old French medlee, variant of meslee ‘melee’, based on medieval Latin misculare ‘to mix’; compare with meddle.
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