a group or collection of different items; a mixture 混合物,大杂烩 to the east was a miscellany of houses. 往东是各色各样的房子。 ■a book containing a collection of pieces of writing by different authors (作品)杂集,杂录
派生 miscellanist noun 语源
late 16th cent.: from French miscellanées (feminine plural), from Latin miscellanea (see miscellanea)