n. 瑞典式自助餐(餐前冷菜及冷菜宴会);大杂烩
smorgasbord 自助餐
来自瑞典语 smorgasbord,自助餐,来自 smorgas,三明治,黄油面包,字面意思为抹黄油的鹅 肉,来自 smor,黄油,词源同 smear,gas,鹅,词源同 goose,代指三明治面包,bord,板,桌子, 词源同 board.
[Smörgås] properly signifies "a slice of bread-and-butter"; and has come by custom--in much the same way as when we familiarly speak of "taking a sandwich" for partaking of some light refreshment--to be applied synecdochically to the preliminary relish or appetizer partaken of before meals. ["Notes and Queries," Nov. 15, 1884]The final element is bord "table," from Proto-Germanic *burdam "plank, board, table" (see board (n.1)). Figurative sense of "medley, miscellany" is recorded from 1948.