medley

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med·ley /ˈmedli/ noun [countableC]

1 APMa group of songs or tunes sung or played one after the other as a single piece of music 集成曲，组合曲；一组联唱[联奏]的歌曲[乐曲]

medley of

He played a medley of Beatles songs.

他演奏了一组披头士乐队的歌曲。

2 [usually singular]MIX a mixture of different types of the same thing which produces an interesting or unusual effect 混合物；大杂烩

medley of

an exotic medley of smells

各种气味奇特的混合

a medley of architectural styles

各种不同建筑风格的大杂烩

3 DSSa swimming race in which the competitors swim using four different strokes 混合泳比赛；混合泳接力比赛

the 400 metres individual medley

400米个人混合泳比赛

Examples from the Corpus

medley• Dennis told me to cheer up and threatened to sing me a medley.• The suspect has little opportunity for demonstrating his or her innocence against any one of a medley of permissive street powers.• Sometimes they pipe out a medley, filling the woods with a cacophony of avian lechery.• This passes a medley of buildings before commencing a steady climb, fringed by trees, to Twisleton Hall, a farm.• Let me present a medley of these edifying yarns.• a medley of popular Christmas carols• If you want a taste of Torme as the consummate show stopper, Rhino offers you his classic, 15-minute Gershwin medley.• Unseen in all this great medley of hidden activity the verderers were riding.• He finished fourth in his best event, the 200-meter individual medley, at the trials in March.• a delicately prepared medley of vegetables

Origin medley

(1300-1400) Old French medlee, from medler; → MEDDLE

Chinese

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