pot luck

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Unlike in America, where we order our own separate dish, the Chinese order maybe a dozen or so dishes to share with one another pot-luck style.
不像在美国，我们分开点餐。中国人点一大堆的菜相互分享。
It is also common to have a "pot-luck" picnic, where the host prepares the meat on the grill and everyone brings a side dish big enough to share.
人们还喜欢举办一种叫pot-luck的野餐会：由主人准备烤肉、每个人再带一些小菜来大家一起分享。
Gardeners meet several times over the growing season, once for a formal start-up, then a few times over the summer for informal pot luck dinners and an annual open house.
园丁们在生长季节组织几次会面：一次正式启动仪式，然后在夏季期间组织几次非正式的便餐会及一年一度的露天酒会。

The Green Party held a pot-luck supper.
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anything that is available or is found by chance, rather than something chosen, planned, or prepared

A potluck is a meal that consists of food brought by the people who come to the meal, or a meal that consists of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation.