VARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDSa group of different things 大杂烩;杂集,杂录SYN variety
miscellany of
He earned his living from a miscellany of jobs.
他干各种工作谋生。
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miscellany• All of us have a miscellany of ideas, most of which are not consequential.• To the idea of a miscellany he gave a firm no.• a miscellany of travel writing• Franc's Diary, that entertainingmiscellany which was written for years by a succession of different pens.• He gave the miscellany no further thought.• It was there by the River Greta at Brigham that the miscellany of workshops and smelting houses were erected.• This miscellanyprintedpoems by Wordsworth, Crabbe, and Byron, as well as many others whose popularity has faded.
Originmiscellany
(1500-1600)Frenchmiscellanées (plural), from Latinmiscellaneus; → MISCELLANEOUS