a piece of music consisting of several songs or tunes played or sung one after the other 混成曲（多首声乐曲或器乐曲串联在一起） a medley of Beatles hits 披头士乐队歌曲大联唱
a mixture of people or things of different kinds 混杂物；混合物；混杂的人群 a medley of flavours/smells 各种味道／气味混合在一起 The building was a medley of styles from different periods. 这座建筑是不同时期风格的混合体。
a swimming race in which swimmers use a different stroke (= style of swimming) for each section of the race, either individually or in teams 混合泳接力 the 4 × 100 metres medley 4 × 100 米混合泳接力 She won gold in the individual medley. 她赢得了个人混合泳金牌。
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting hand-to-hand combat, also cloth made of different coloured wool): from Old French medlee, variant of meslee ‘melee’, based on medieval Latin misculare ‘to mix’; compare with meddle.