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

• More audaciously, the label will probably claim that this strange farinaceous concoction is either'superior'or'traditional'in some non-specified way.
  更厚颜无耻的是，标签上可能会声明说这些奇怪的谷粉混合物在某种没有说明的方式上不是“领先的”就是“历史悠久的”。
• 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 general processes for making burdock wine are comprised of burdock juice extraction, fermentation and wine concoction.
  以牛蒡为原料，经酶解成牛蒡汁，再发酵、调配成酒。
• She dosed ash with herbal brews of her own concoction.
  她给阿什服用她自己调制的草药汤。
• The prototype for modern American ice cream was the Roman concoction of cream mixed with berries and alpine snow.
  现代美国冰激凌的原形是罗马人将莓果和高山上的雪以及奶油混合调制成的一种食物。
• 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。
• The cocktail is a concoction of liquor, the most common before-dinner drink.
  一种配制酒，是餐前最普通饮用的酒。
• Even their uniforms are a concoction.
  甚至他们的制服也是一种大杂烩。
• The breast milk concoction, called the "Baby Gaga," will be available from Friday at the Icecreamists restaurant in London's Covent Garden.
  这种母乳调制的冰淇淋名为“嘎嘎宝贝”，将于本周五在伦敦（蔬菜花卉市场）科芬园的“冰淇淋爱好者”餐厅出售。
• 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。