potpourri

英 [ˌpəʊpʊˈriː]

美 [ˌpoʊpʊˈriː]

n.  百花香(房间熏香用的干花和叶子的混合物); 杂烩; 集锦

复数：potpourris　

GRE

BNC.46137 / COCA.21734

牛津词典

noun

• 百花香（房间熏香用的干花和叶子的混合物）
  a mixture of dried flowers and leaves used for making a room smell pleasant
• 杂烩；集锦
  a mixture of various things that were not originally intended to form a group
  1. a potpourri of tunes
     乐曲集锦

柯林斯词典

• 百花香（各种不同的干花瓣和叶子的混合物，可使室内空气芬芳）
  Potpourriis a mixture of dried petals and leaves from different flowers. Potpourri is used to make rooms smell pleasant.
• N-SING 混杂物；杂烩；集锦
  Apotpourri ofthings is a collection of various different items which were not originally intended to form a group.
  1. ...a potpourri of architectural styles from all over the world.
     世界各地建筑风格的荟萃

英英释义

noun

• a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume
• a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
  Synonym:medleypastiche
• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  1. a great assortment of cars was on display
  2. he had a variety of disorders
  3. a veritable smorgasbord of religions
  Synonym:assortmentmixturemixed bagmiscellanymiscellaneavarietysalmagundismorgasbordmotley

双语例句

• Articles covered a potpourri of topics without exploring any issue in depth, and readers were beginning to notice.
  其中的文章林林总总涵盖了许多话题，却没有对话题进行深入挖掘，结果是，读者自然也开始注意到杂志的这种变化。
• It's possible we could find your husband neck-deep in potpourri, investing things.
  我们有可能发现你的丈夫在花香中干事业。
• As tobacco cigarette burns, a potpourri of 4000 chemicals is released, including carbon monoxide and hydrocyanic acid.
  当烟被点燃时，融合了四千种化学品的气体被释放出来，其中包括一氧化碳和氢氰酸。
• Potpourri which has lost its scent can be revived by adding a few drops of essential oil.
  在已经没有香味的干花袋中加入几滴精油，可使其重新恢复芳香。
• In the minds of many, the real and imagined causes for Russia's defeats quickly mingled into a potpourri of terrible fears ( W.Bruce Lincoln)
  在许多人的脑海里，俄国失败的真正原因及想象出来的原因很快就混合成了可怕的恐惧（W。布鲁斯·林肯）
• And he was out to prove something about the value of experience, the strength of understatement and the constancy of elegance as well as providing what he called "a potpourri of his career" in design.
  他就是来证明经验之宝贵、低调之有力、优雅之恒久的同时奉上一场他自称是“自己职业生涯大杂烩”的设计盛宴。
• Her new TV show will be a potpourri of Arts and media reports.
  她的新电视节目是艺术与传媒报道的混合体。
• Tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus chrysanthemum.
  艾菊气味的欧亚终年草本植物，有像纽扣一样的黄花；作青菜食用或用作白花香或茶或调味；有时归为菊类。
• So it's really sort of a potpourri of that sort of neighborhood.
  所以这个社区有如大杂烩。
• Add a few drops essential oil to a pan of water and simmer on stove or in a potpourri pot.
  适量水中加入几滴精油，缓慢加热进行香薰或将精油滴入干花罐中。