medley

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɛdli/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Combat, fighting; a battle. archaic
    — Thenne came the kyng of Irland and the kynge of the stryete marches to rescowe syre Tristram and sire Palomydes / There beganne a grete medle / & many knyghtes were smyten doune on bothe partyes / and alweyes sir launcelot spared sir Tristram / and he spared hym
  2. A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
    — a fruit medley
  3. A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
    — They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.
  4. A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
  5. A cloth of mixed colours.
    — Otherwise , as our Saviour noteth , when the old Cloth was joyned to the new , it made no good medley , but the Rent was made the wors
动词 v.
  1. To combine, to form a medley.

词形变化

medleys plural medleys present,singular,third-person medleying participle,present medleyed participle,past medleyed past

词汇关系

近义词
mashup
衍生词
chance-medley chaud-medley Dutch medley individual medley
相关词
meddle melee

词源

词源 1
From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō (“to mix”). Compare meddle. Doublet of melee.
词源 2
From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō (“to mix”). Compare meddle. Doublet of melee.
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