hodgepodge
英 ['hɒdʒpɒdʒ]
美 ['hɑdʒpɑdʒ]
- n. ごった煮；寄せ集め；混乱
- vt.ぐちゃぐちゃにする
英語の語源
- hodgepodge (n.)
- also hodge podge, hodge-podge, early 15c., hogpoch, alteration of hotchpotch (late 14c.) "a kind of stew," especially "one made with goose, herbs, spices, wine, and other ingredients," earlier an Anglo-French legal term (late 13c.) meaning "collection of property in a common 'pot' before dividing it equally," from Old French hochepot "stew, soup," first element from hocher "to shake," from a Germanic source (such as Middle High German hotzen "shake").
例文
- 1. The region became a hodgepodge of languages and dialects，some from the east，some from the south and some from other countries entirely.
- この地域は言語と方言のごった煮になっており、東部から来たものもあれば、南部から来たものもあれば、完全に別の国から来たものもある。
- 2.This box is a hodgepodge of books,old toys and things.
- この箱には、本、古いおもちゃ、その他のものが混ざっています。
- 3.Fang Hung-chien wished he could have said，No wonder your honorable work is such a hodgepodge .
- 方鴻漸は「閣下の大作もそのようにまだらになっているのも無理はない。
- 4.In short，it 's a bit of hodgepodge ，full of stark contrasts.
- 簡単に言うと、おでんに似ていて、コントラストが強い。
- 5.But this kind of exhibition is easyly to be made into hodgepodge .
- しかし、このような展覧会でもごった煮になりやすい。
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