1893, from Swedish smörgåsbord, literally "butter-goose table," from smörgås, "slice of bread and butter," compounded from smör "butter" (see smear (n.)) and gås, literally "goose" (and from the same Germanic root that yielded English goose (n.)).
[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.
实用例句
1. Help yourself from the smorgasbord.
请随便用自助餐.
来自辞典例句
2. This valley is just one long smorgasbord.
这个小镇只能成为怪物的长期自助餐厅.
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3. I think most people have probably heard of a smorgasbord before.
我想大部分人都听过瑞典式自助餐.
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4. The rock star's concert is a smorgasbord of visual and audio effects.
该摇滚明星的演唱会是一场视觉和音效的丰富飨宴.
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5. We heard that you have the best smorgasbord in town.
