bran tub
noun UK uk/ˈbræn ˌtʌb/ us/ˈbræn ˌtʌb/
[ C ]摸彩桶（内有藏在麸皮中的奖品，供儿童游戏用）
a container full of bran (= the outer covering of grain), used in a lucky dip (= a game in which you pay to pick a prize out of a container with many different prizes in it, without being able to see what you are taking)
Attractions include a bouncy slide for youngsters, a bran tub, face painting and pony rides. 各种设施活动包括儿童充气滑梯、摸彩桶、脸部彩绘和骑小马等。
[ S ]难以预测的情况
a situation that includes a mixture of different things, so you are not sure what you are going to get or experience
It is a wonderfully unpredictable bran tub of a show. 情况未知，难以预测。
- More examples
- Mr Goff arranged the hoopla, the coconut shy, the bran tub, and the Kill-the-Rat.
- They are like children rootling in a bran tub in the hopes of finding a sweetie.
- The brain is like a dustbin or, if you prefer, a bran tub. It is full of memories, some real, some imagined.
- Hurd describes the Home Office as "a giant bran tub in which were hidden many unrelated packages of work, some big, some small, waiting to be unwrapped and dealt with in turn".