miscellany
/mɪˈselənɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1- 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。
1.1
- a book containing a collection of pieces of writing by different authors（作品）杂集, 杂录。
词源
late 16th cent.: from French miscellanées (feminine plural), from Latin miscellanea （see MISCELLANEA）.