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| 释义 | COMBINATION mix and match (Fixed order.) 1. to assemble a limited number of items, usually clothing, in a number of different ways.Alice was very good at mixing and matching her skirts, blouses, and sweaters so that she always could be attractively dressed on a limited budget.Gary always bought black, blue, and gray trousers and shirts so he could mix and match without too many bad combinations. 2. to select a number of items from an assemblage, often in order to get a quantity discount. (As opposed to getting a quantity discount for buying a lot of only one item.) The candles were 25 percent off, and you could mix and match colors, sizes, and length.I found a good sale on shirts. They were four for fifty dollars, and the store would let you mix and match. mixed bag a varied collection of people or things. (Refers to a bag of game brought home after a day's hunting.)The new students in my class are a mixed bag—some bright, some positively stupid.The furniture I bought is a mixed bag. Some of it is valuable and the rest is worthless mix something up to blend the ingredients of something; to assemble and mix the parts of something. (Usually refers to fluid matter such as paint, gasoline, or milk.)The glue will be ready to use as soon as I mix it up.Now, mix up the eggs, water, and salt; then add the mixture to the flour and sugar. |
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