potpourri

/poh-poo-ree, poh-poo-ree/US // ˌpoʊ pʊˈri, ˈpoʊ pʊˌri //UK // (ˌpəʊˈpʊərɪ) //

大杂烩,锅碗瓢盆,盆景,罐头

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance.
- : a musical medley.
- : a collection of miscellaneous literary extracts.
- : any mixture, especially of unrelated objects, subjects, etc.

nounmiscellany

Synonyms

Research suggests that although there may be a genetic component, resilience is a function of a potpourri of factors, not a must-have gene, trait or cultural determinant.
The team’s spark of insight came when they realized that after three weeks, the cells began to branch out into a potpourri of three different cell types found in early human embryos—something rarely seen before.
If that seems a cultural potpourri, that would be the point.
He thought he detected a pleasant smell of herbs, like the potpourri his mother had in bowls in their house.
Betty knows how to make that potpourri that Lloyd's Grandmother Amanthis always kept in the rose-jars in the drawing-room.
It held garnered with loving faith the memories of another day, as a bowl of potpourri still holds the sun of long dead summers.
The opera is a grand potpourri of waltz and polka motives and fresh, bright melodies.
And the rose he married comes to him a shrivelled leaf of a potpourri heap.

/poh-poo-ree, poh-poo-ree/US // ˌpoʊ pʊˈri, ˈpoʊ pʊˌri //UK // (ˌpəʊˈpʊərɪ) //

大杂烩,锅碗瓢盆,盆景,罐头

n.名词 noun

1
- : a mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance.
- : a musical medley.
- : a collection of miscellaneous literary extracts.
- : any mixture, especially of unrelated objects, subjects, etc.

nounmiscellany

Synonyms

Research suggests that although there may be a genetic component, resilience is a function of a potpourri of factors, not a must-have gene, trait or cultural determinant.
The team’s spark of insight came when they realized that after three weeks, the cells began to branch out into a potpourri of three different cell types found in early human embryos—something rarely seen before.
If that seems a cultural potpourri, that would be the point.
He thought he detected a pleasant smell of herbs, like the potpourri his mother had in bowls in their house.
Betty knows how to make that potpourri that Lloyd's Grandmother Amanthis always kept in the rose-jars in the drawing-room.
It held garnered with loving faith the memories of another day, as a bowl of potpourri still holds the sun of long dead summers.
The opera is a grand potpourri of waltz and polka motives and fresh, bright melodies.
And the rose he married comes to him a shrivelled leaf of a potpourri heap.