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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

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.

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Examples

  • 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.