| 单词 | miscellany |
| 释义 | miscellany (once / 3311 pages) n Miscellany is a collection of different sorts of things. If organization is not one of your strong points, your purse may contain a miscellany of surprising items. Miscellany comes from the Latin for "mix," and a miscellany is a mixture of things. If you don't clean your car out very often, there may be a miscellany of relics in the backseat: a flip flop left over from your last trip to the beach, a few stale French fries, your last report card, and maybe a magazine or two. WORD FAMILYmiscellany: miscellanies USAGE EXAMPLESHe mentioned “a growing miscellany of ex ante regulations that frequently work against the entrepreneurs and consumers the rules are intended to help.” Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) “Comics and Stories” is a miscellany of rare “Peanuts” art, including storybooks and advertising. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) And The End, which harbors the new Elytra, will include End Cities, End Ships and decorative miscellany like Chorus Plants and Purpur blocks. Time(Nov 22, 2016) 1n a collection containing a variety of sorts of things Syn|Hypo|Hyper assortment, miscellanea, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety grab bag an assortment of miscellaneous items witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' brotha fearsome mixture rangea variety of different things or activities selectionan assortment of things from which a choice can be made farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbaga motley assortment of things alphabet soupa confusing assortment sampleran assortment of various samples banda range of frequencies between two limits accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 2n an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. Syn|Hyper florilegium, garland anthology a collection of selected literary passages |
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