| 单词 | concoction |
| 释义 | concoction (once / 6355 pages) n A concoction is a curious mixture of things, like a bunch of liquids stirred in a cup, or the elaborate and unbelievable story you make up to explain not finishing your homework. Mix eight different liquids in a glass and you've got a concoction. Scientists create concoctions of chemicals in test tubes, and a bicycle made of junkyard scraps is a concoction too. The word’s Latin root means “cooked together,” referring to when you heat metals in order to purify them. A concoction is also a tall tale told to get out of trouble or entertain someone. If your story has ostriches, trampolines, lasers, and Abraham Lincoln, it’s probably a concoction. WORD FAMILYconcoction: concoctions+/concoct: concocted, concocting, concoction, concocts USAGE EXAMPLESAnd like Tapawingo, Alliance offers sophisticated concoctions that showcase locally sourced ingredients and, Mr. Peterson said, “challenge the taste buds.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) If you order this one, there’s a two-order max limit, and for good reason: This is a dangerous concoction. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) I slurped her concoction, then sipped my wine. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1n the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components Syn|Hyper confection creating from raw materials the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it 2n an occurrence of an unusual mixture it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction Hyper mix, mixture an event that combines things in a mixture 3n any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients he volunteered to taste her latest concoction Syn|Hypo|Hyper intermixture, mixture mincemeat spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat dressing, stuffinga mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables rouxa mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces battera liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking dougha flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll mix, premixa commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients fillinga food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc. ready-mixa commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish self-raising flour, self-rising floura commercially prepared mixture of flour and salt and a leavening agent pastry, pastry dougha dough of flour and water and shortening pate a choux, pouf paste, puff batterbatter for making light hollow cases to hold various fillings turkey stuffingstuffing for turkey oyster dressing, oyster stuffingstuffing made with oysters farce, forcemeatmixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs bread doughany of various doughs for bread pancake batterbatter for making pancakes fritter batterbatter for making fritters lekvara sweet filling made of prunes or apricots food product, foodstuff a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food 4n the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose his testimony was a concoction she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories Hyper conception, design, excogitation, innovation, invention the creation of something in the mind |
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