jumble

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1 [singular]MIX a lot of different things mixed together in an untidy way, without any order 混乱的一团，杂乱的一堆

jumble of

a jumble of old toys

一堆杂乱的旧玩具

Inside, she was a jumble of emotions.

她心中百感交集。

2. [uncountableU] British EnglishBrEDLDH things to be sold at a jumble sale 供义卖的旧杂货 SYN American English rummage

Examples from the Corpus

jumble• Day to day, a jumble of hopes and fears pour upon us.• Elsewhere, there are puppets, a jumble of toys, a vast doll collection and excellent temporary exhibitions.• The town, a jumble of Jekyll-and-Hyde contradictions, did not impress him.• Any good clean jumble or bric-a-brac will be appreciated.• Here, their interplay is again easy and amusing, but the movie around them is a cliched jumble.• It's worried that the resulting jumble of colours and designs would create an eyesore.

jumble of• The business district is a crowded jumble of shops and restaurants.

jumble2 (also jumble up) verb [transitiveT]

MIXto mix things together in an untidy way, without any order 使混乱，使杂乱

The photographs were all jumbled up.

照片乱七八糟地堆在一起。

Ben’s words became jumbled.

本开始语无伦次起来。

n Grammar

Jumble is usually passive.

► see thesaurus at mix

Examples from the Corpus

jumble• The thoughts jumbling and whirling in her head, she came to the conclusion that the details didn't really matter.• Jewelry, belts and scarves were jumbled in the bottom drawer.• Shop houses and ancestral halls were jumbled side by side with whitewashed cottages and churches.• The difficulty arises when facts and opinions are jumbled together in the same article or programme.• They jumble together shampoos, toys, chocolate, clothes, electronic goods and hair slides.

Origin jumble2

(1500-1600) Perhaps copying the action

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