hotchpotch

noun

1. 杂乱无章的一堆东西；大杂烩
   a number of things mixed together without any particular order or reason

1. N-SING 杂乱无章的一堆东西;大杂烩
   A hotch-potch is an untidy mixture of different types of things.
   1. The palace is a complete hotch-potch of architectural styles.
      这座宫殿完全是各种建筑风格的大杂烩。

in AM, use 美国英语用 hodgepodge

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.
   这些病毒中的基因物质确实是一个大杂烩，它们来自禽类、人类和猪，但是所有8个片段的基因物质主要最近来自于猪。
2. They are all a hotchpotch of greatness and littleness, of virtue and vice, of nobility and baseness.
   他们皆是伟大与渺小，善良与邪恶，高尚与低俗的混合体。
3. Foreign investment limits have been raised and a plan made for a national sales tax to replace a hotchpotch of state levies.
   印度提高了外商投资限额，并且制定了计划、以全国统一的销售税来取代各邦林林总总的税收。
4. More like a thriving town than a multiple store& a hotchpotch
   像百货公司，更像兴旺的城镇
5. New age thinking seems to be a hotchpotch of old and new ideas.
   新时代思维看上去像是新旧思想的杂烩。
6. Garton pensively stirred the hotchpotch of his hair.
   加顿沉思着搅动自己的乱发。
7. His essay was a hotchpotch of other people's ideas.
   他的文章是把别人的想法拼凑在一起的大杂烩。
8. I recommend Ladies'Street. It's famous for the spicy hotchpotch.
   我推荐女人街，那儿的麻辣烫非常出名。

noun

1. a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables

2. a motley assortment of things

   Synonym:    odds and endsoddmentsmelangefarragoragbagmishmashmingle-manglehodgepodgegallimaufryomnium-gatherum