| 词汇 | alphabet-soup |
| 释义 | alphabet soup noun[ U or S ] uk /ˌæl.fə.bet ˈsuːp/ us /ˌæl.fə.bet ˈsuːp/ alphabet soupnoun[U or S] (FOOD)a type of soup that contains small pieces of pasta(= a food made from flour and water) in the shape of letters: 字母形面片汤 With alphabet soup, children can practise spelling while enjoying a tasty meal.有了字母形面片汤，孩子们可以一边学习拼写，一边享用可口的食物。 HandmadePictures/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages a menu featuring such classics as veal Oscar and alphabet soup with chicken dumplings My son had been begging for alphabet soup. So I picked up some alphabet pasta and whipped up some soup. So what makes this Mexican Alphabet Soup Mexican? Well, it's all in the way you prepare the pasta. Soups avgolemono billi bi bird's nest soup bisque borscht cock-a-leekie congee consommé court bouillon gazpacho minestrone mock turtle soup mulligatawny panada pea soup saimin Scotch broth soup soup du jour soupy alphabet soupnoun[U or S] (MIXTURE)a confused mixture that is difficult to understand, often because it contains a lot of abbreviations(= short forms of words) and acronyms(= abbreviations formed from the first letters of each word in the name of something): （因含有许多符号或缩略语等而极难懂的）代号语言 Health plans have changed over the years into an alphabet soup of HMOs, PPOs, and now HSA and HRAs.这些年来，医疗保险模式一变再变，成为艰涩难懂的代号语言，先是有HMOs和PPOs，现在又有了HSA和HRAs。 They are probably better equipped than most parents to make sense of the alphabet soup of ESAs, UGMAs, IRAs, and so on that make up the nation's college savings system. In the alphabet soup of seismology, nondestructive P (primary) waves travel twice as fast as the dangerous S (shear) and R (raleigh) waves - just as lightning precedes thunder. There's already the ITED, ITSB, NAEP, PSAT, SAT, and ACT, and the alphabet soup of standardized tests Montana children take each year is likely to get thicker. She's heard a patient complain of drowning in "an alphabet soup of medications". Confusion, confusing and feeling confused addled all of a doodahidiom all over the placeidiom at seaidiom at sixes and sevensidiom discombobulation disordered disorganization disorganized disorientating muddle something up muddle-headed muddled mush muzzily unaccountable unaccountably unexplainable unexplained unsearchable You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Variety and mixtures |
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