melting pot
melting pot — 名詞
1. a community or society where people from many different cultural or national bac
文化熔爐
多元文化融合的社會或地方
a community or society where people from many different cultural or national backgrounds live together and blend their traditions, ideas, and ways of life
Toronto is often described as a melting pot of cultures from around the world.
多倫多常被形容為世界文化的熔爐。
collocation: melting pot of + [plural noun]
The neighbourhood became a melting pot where immigrants from three continents built new lives.
那個社區變成了文化熔爐，來自三大洲的移民在此展開新生活。
used with 'become' to show change over time
As a melting pot, the university brought together students from over fifty different countries.
這所大學有如一座文化熔爐，匯集了來自五十多個國家的學生。
The school playground was a melting pot of languages, with children speaking Mandarin and Arabic.
學校的操場就是一個語言的大熔爐，孩子們說著中文和阿拉伯文。
Lakan's restaurant is a melting pot of flavours inspired by Filipino and Italian cooking.
Lakan 的餐廳是風味的熔爐，靈感來自菲律賓與義大利料理。
- multicultural hub
similar idea but emphasises activity and energy rather than blending
- mosaic
suggests different groups keep their distinct identities rather than blend into one
- diverse community
more literal and neutral; lacks the metaphorical sense of transformation
- monoculture
a society where only one culture dominates
- homogeneous society
a group with little cultural or ethnic variety
文法句型
melting pot + of + [plural noun group]
用法筆記
Always used figuratively when referring to people and cultures. The literal meaning — a container for melting metals — is a technical term from metallurgy, not covered here.