potpourri

名词 potpourri:

1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
   同义词：assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, motley
2. a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
   同义词：medley, pastiche
3. a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume

pot.pour.ri

n.（名词）
【复数】 pot.pour.ris
A combination of incongruous things:
混杂物，杂烩：相互不一致的东西的混合：
例句：
.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)

A miscellaneous anthology or collection:
文集：各种文学作品的集锦收集：
例句：
a potpourri of short stories and humorous verse.
短篇小说及幽默诗句集锦

A mixture of dried flower petals and spices used to scent the air.
百花香：干燥花瓣和能使空气变香的香料的混合物

来源：
French pot pourri translation of Spanish olla podrida * see olla podrida
法语 pot pourri 西班牙语 olla podrida的翻译 *参见 olla podrida
pot [pot] * see potiche
pot [罐] *参见 potiche
pourri [past participle of] pourrir [to rot] from Old French purir from Vulgar Latin *putrore from Latin putrôscere * see putrid
pourri [] pourrir的过去分词 [腐烂] 源自 古法语 purir 源自 俗拉丁语 *putrore 源自 拉丁语 putrôscere *参见 putrid