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

• Even their uniforms are a concoction.
  甚至他们的制服也是一种大杂烩。
• Canned soup, on the other hand, is a miserable concoction of salt, fat, artificial additives, preservatives, water and maybe part of a carrot.
  罐头浓汤根本就是盐、脂肪、人工添加剂、防腐剂和水的混合物，可能还会有点胡萝卜吧。
• The Clinical Research on PMS Diarrhea in Spleen Deficiency Syndrome Treated with Lizhong Concoction
  理中汤治疗脾虚型经行泄泻的临床研究
• 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。
• 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。
• It's made from the gardein trademark concoction of soy, wheat and pea proteins, vegetables and grains, including trendy quinoa, amaranth, millet and kamut.
  谷类的品种包括时下比较受推崇的奎奴亚藜，苋菜，小米和斯佩尔特小麦。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。