| 单词 | potpourri |
| 释义 | potpourri (once / 36821 pages) n The noun potpourri can refer to a mixture or collection of seemingly unrelated items, an unusual assortment. You may own a potpourri of books — from classic literature to trashy novels and from Shakespeare's plays to comic books. The noun potpourri often refers to a scented mixture of spices and dried flowers that is usually kept in a decorative bowl or jar and used to perfume a room. What's interesting is that the name for this attractively fragrant mixture comes from the French phrase pot pourri, which literally means "rotten pot." The phrase was used to describe a stew. Clearly, some things translate better than others. WORD FAMILYpotpourri: potpourris USAGE EXAMPLESYet this potpourri of unfunded policies, nice words and electoral complacency has attracted legions to his party. Economist(Sep 29, 2016) The products, commonly referred to as “spice” and are smoked, are often marketed as incense or potpourri. Washington Times(Aug 26, 2016) “Usually you don’t have an issue showing that they didn’t really intend for the product to be used as incense or potpourri,” Freedman told me. Slate(Jul 15, 2016) 1n a collection containing a variety of sorts of things Syn|Hypo|Hyper assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety grab bag an assortment of miscellaneous items witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' brotha fearsome mixture rangea variety of different things or activities selectionan assortment of things from which a choice can be made farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbaga motley assortment of things alphabet soupa confusing assortment sampleran assortment of various samples banda range of frequencies between two limits accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 2n a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources Syn|Hyper medley, pastiche composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music a musical work that has been created 3n a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume Hyper essence, perfume a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor |
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