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smorgasbord

/smawr-guhs-bawrd, -bohrd or, often, shmawr-/US // ˈsmɔr gəsˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd or, often, ˈʃmɔr- //UK // (ˈsmɔːɡəsˌbɔːd, ˈsmɜː-) //

大杂烩,大餐,杂烩,自助餐

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a buffet meal of various hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, salads, casserole dishes, meats, cheeses, etc.
    • : an extensive array or variety: The company has a smorgasbord of employee benefits.

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Examples

  • The book is more than a smorgasbord—it’s like a World’s Fair international food pavilion bound between covers.

  • The reason to read this book is not so much that it contains a recipe for anything — unless you’re baking, there may be no such thing — but rather that it offers a smorgasbord of ideas from which you can pick and choose what works for you.

  • For a monthly fee, gamers can get access to a smorgasbord of titles to choose from, or play their own on pricey hardware.

  • All of these should play well with a smorgasbord of foods and help set a holiday mood.

  • In the upcoming year, tech companies plan to push a smorgasbord of policy changes, each of which will have its own political implications.

  • Holding the architectural smorgasbord of a castle together was cement, wire, and mortar.

  • It’s arguably the best film of the ‘90s—a postmodern pop culture smorgasbord awash in nihilism and dripping with retro cool.

  • In Magnolia (1999)—“a smorgasbord of pleasure, that movie”—he played opposite Tom Cruise as a nurse.

  • And there is an intellectual smorgasbord of policy lunches, coffees, and evening lectures, most of it open to the public.

  • Beck's been pumping up this super-patriot smorgasbord since last November.

  • There she was, five foot eleven of big, bouncy, blonde smorgasbord.