(pl. -eys)
1- a varied mixture of people or things; a miscellany混杂的人群（或事物）; 混合物; 大杂烩：
an interesting medley of flavours.
有趣的调料大杂烩。
1.1
- a collection of songs or other musical items performed as a continuous piece集成曲：
a medley of Beatles songs.
披头士乐队集成曲。
1.2
- a swimming race in which contestants swim sections in different strokes, either individually or in relay teams混合泳赛; 混合泳接力赛。
- archaic mixed; motley〈古〉混合的; 混杂的：
a medley range of vague and variable impressions.
模糊不定的杂乱印象。
词源
Middle English（denoting hand-to-hand combat, also cloth made of variegated wool）： from Old French medlee, variant of meslee 'melee', based on medieval Latin misculare 'to mix'; compare with MEDDLE.