| 单词 | alphabet soup |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalphabet soup alphabet soup n. chiefly U.S. (a) a soup, typically a vegetable soup, containing crackers or pieces of pasta shaped like letters of the alphabet; (b) a jumble of words or letters, a muddle (chiefly in reference to alphabet agencies (alphabet agency n.)). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > clear soup consommé1815 suimono1822 alphabet soup1884 madrilene1953 1884 Freeborn County (Minnesota) Standard 8 Oct. (heading) Alphabet soup. 1907 Black Cat June 15 Alphabet soup—that thin, clear soup, with little noodle or cracker letters in it. 1907 Bookman Nov. 320/2 I drank alphabet soup for ten days in succession, and turned out so complex a short story that I myself did not know what it meant. 1934 [see alphabet agency n.]. 1988 C. Hiaasen Marina Life, Marine Life in C. Hiaasen & D. Stevenson Paradise Screwed (2001) iii. 54 The others are waiting for the Army Corps, DER, DNR and all the other alphabet-soup bureaucracies. 2002 Time Out N.Y. 18 Apr. 40/3 A menu of suitably retro fare, such as..kid-approved alphabet soup. < as lemmas |
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