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- an untidy collection or pile of things杂物堆, 杂乱的一堆:
the books were in a chaotic jumble.
那些书乱七八糟地堆在一起。
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- mass noun Brit. articles collected for a jumble sale〈英〉为义卖收集的杂货。
with obj.
- mix up in a confused or untidy way混杂, 搞乱:
a drawer full of letters jumbled together.
装满了杂乱无章地堆在一起的信件的抽屉。
词源
early 16th cent.: probably symbolic.