hotchpotch
pronunciation
UK [ˈhɒtʃpɒtʃ]
US [ˈhɑtʃpɑtʃ]
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- n.
- 杂烩
- 全家福
- 大杂烩
Word Origin
hotchpotch 大杂烩，杂乱无章
来自古法语hochepot,热罐，来自hocher,摇，pot,罐子。原指把肉，草药，香料，酒和其它调料加在一起炖的炖锅菜，引申词义大杂烩，杂乱无章。
Example
- 1. The genetic material in them is indeed a hotchpotch derived from avian , human and swine sources , but all eight segments come most recently from pigs .
- 其中的遗传物质确实是源自禽类、人类和猪类的大杂烩，但是8个基因片段最近的发现却都来自猪类。
- 2. I have never understood why anyone would want to swap a delicious pat of butter churned from milk for a manufactured hotchpotch of oils , artificially hardened to create margarine .
- 我从来都不能理解为什么有些人会想要把一块美味的搅拌好的黄油交换成一份杂烩的强化的人造黄油。
- 3. Because swine are natural mixing vessels for influenza strains from different species ( hence the hotchpotch found by dr garten and her colleagues ) , the fear is that a deadlier form could emerge and jump back into humans .
- 由于猪是各物种流感病毒的天然交汇所（这就解释了加藤博士及其同事所发现的大杂烩），人们开始担心，更加致命的流感变种可能还会出现并回归人类。
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