concoction

英 [kənˈkɒkʃn]

美 [kənˈkɑːkʃn]

n.  (古怪或少见的)混合物，调合物，调配品(尤指饮料或药物)

复数：concoctions　

医学

BNC.19212 / COCA.14427

牛津词典

noun

• （古怪或少见的）混合物，调合物，调配品（尤指饮料或药物）
  a strange or unusual mixture of things, especially drinks or medicines
  1. a concoction of cream and rum
     奶油和朗姆酒调制的怪味饮料

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 调制品;配制物
  Aconcoctionis something that has been made out of several things mixed together.
  1. ...a concoction of honey, yogurt, oats, and apples.
     蜂蜜、酸奶、燕麦和苹果调制的混合物

英英释义

noun

• the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
  Synonym:confection
• the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
  1. his testimony was a concoction
  2. she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories
• an occurrence of an unusual mixture
  1. it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction
• any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
  1. he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
  2. he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
  Synonym:mixtureintermixture

双语例句

• They gave me a very strange concoction to drink.
  他们给我调制了一杯十分奇特的饮料。
• I didn't know what was in the concoction, but I drank it anyway.
  我不知道调制品里有什么，不过我还是喝了。
• I have never bitten into a chunk of army bread without marveling that this coarse and heavy concoction can transform itself into blood and warmth, and perhaps into courage.
  每次啃食军营里的大圆面包，我无不惊叹这又沉又糙的一团东西竟能转化成血液，热量，也许还有勇气。
• Even their uniforms are a concoction.
  甚至他们的制服也是一种大杂烩。
• A pharmacist added soda water to the concoction and made the drink available to the consumer in ready-to-drink bottles and in soda fountains.
  药剂师将苏打水加在这种混合物中做成饮料，并装在即开瓶和汽水桶里出售给消费者。
• He took this concoction down to the drugstore, poured it in the machine and deposited$ 10.
  他拿着那个混合物去了药店，把它倒进了机器里并且放了10美圆。
• The Spanish conquistadors brought cocoa seeds back to Spain, where they introduced new spices and sugar to the liquid concoction.
  西班牙征服者把可可种子带回西班牙，在那里向液态的混合物加入了新香料和糖。
• Coca-Cola has been hawking its black fizzy concoction for more than 100 years but it is still finding ways to reach more consumer throats.
  可口可乐（Coca-Cola）贩卖它那黑呼呼的、冒着气泡的调制饮料已有100多年历史了，但它仍在想方设法吸引更多的消费者。
• US sushi makers, meanwhile, have devised their own masterworks, such as the California roll, an avocado and crab concoction that is now gaining a foothold in trendier sushi bars in Japan.
  与此同时，美国的寿司生产商已经发明了自己的主打产品，例如加利福尼亚卷（Californiaroll）&这是一种由鳄梨和螃蟹混合制成的寿司，如今在日本的时尚寿司店也占领了一席之地。
• Rum maker Bacardi says it has figured out a way to make an alcoholic beverage distilled entirely from green tea leaves, a concoction it blends with water.
  朗姆酒制造商百加得声称，该公司发明了一种方法，用完全从绿茶茶叶提取的物质制造一种酒精饮料，这是一种掺水的混合饮料。