potpourri

• n. 百花香；混合物；雜曲；大雜燴

來自法語pot pourri,燉罐，肉罐，來自拉丁語putere,腐爛，變爛，詞源同putrefy.一種比喻用法，用於形容各種肉在一起亂燉，引申詞義大雜燴，集錦，後用於指百花香囊。

potpourri (n.)

also pot-pourri, 1610s, "mixed meats served in a stew," from French pot pourri "stew," literally "rotten pot" (loan-translation of Spanish olla podrida), from pourri, past participle of pourrir "to rot," from Vulgar Latin *putrire, from Latin putrescere "grow rotten" (see putrescent). Notion of "medley" led to meaning "mixture of dried flowers and spices," first recorded in English 1749. Figurative sense (originally in music) of "miscellaneous collection" is recorded from 1855.

1. a potpourri of tunes

樂曲集錦

來自《權威詞典》

2. As tobacco cigarette burns, a potpourri of 4000 chemicals is released, including carbon monoxide and hydrocyanic acid.

當煙被點燃時，融合了四千種化學品的氣體被釋放出來，其中包括一氧化碳和氫氰酸。

來自辭典例句

3. Even so, there is a slight odour of potpourri emanating from Longfellow.

縱然如此, 也還是可以聞到來自朗費羅的一種輕微的雜燴的味道.

來自辭典例句

4. No.6 : You smell like a walking bag of potpourri.

你聞起來像一整袋的幹花.

來自互聯網

5. Potpourri Green: Earthy and pale a neutral for kitchens and bathrooms.

混合綠: “既樸實,又給人以淡淡的感覺”,專為廚房和浴室準備的中性顏色.

來自互聯網