cocktail
noun
uk/ˈkɒk.teɪl/us/ˈkɑːk.teɪl/cocktailnoun(DRINK)
[C]
adrink, usually analcoholicone, made bymixingtwo or moredrinkstogether:
鸡尾酒(通常含酒精)We were all in thebarsippingcocktails.我们都在酒吧里品着鸡尾酒。
achampagnecocktail香槟鸡尾酒
Cocktails
- Bloody Mary
- Buck's Fizz
- caipirinha
- cosmopolitan
- daiquiri
- highball
- julep
- kir
- manhattan
- margarita
- mixology
- mocktail
- mojito
- Pimm's
- piña colada
- sour
- spritz
- spritzer
- swizzle
- swizzle stick
cocktailnoun(MIXTURE)
[Cusually singular]
amixtureof different things, often anunexpected,dangerous, orexcitingone:
(常指非常规的、危险的或令人兴奋的)混合物Theinquestheardthat theguitaristdiedfrom a cocktailofdrinkanddrugs.尸检发现这个吉他手死于酗酒加吸毒。
Carsproducealethalcocktailofgasses.汽车会产生一种致命的混合气体。
Mixing and mixtures
- be neither one thing nor the otheridiom
- blend
- blend in/blend intosomething
- blender
- blitz
- decoction
- emulsion
- guaraná
- homogeneous mixture
- hybridize
- methylate
- mingle
- mixture
- mosaic
- mush
- neither
- saturated solution
- scramble
- substance
- synthesis
cocktailnoun(DISH)
[CorU]
acolddish, ofteneatenat thestartof ameal, consisting ofsmallpiecesoffood:
什锦冷盘fruitcocktail水果拼盘
aprawn/seafoodcocktail大虾/海鲜冷盘
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Meals & parts of meals
- accompaniment
- afternoon tea
- afters
- amuse-bouche
- antipasto
- elevenses
- English breakfast
- feast
- feeding
- finger buffet
- picnic
- picnicker
- plate meal
- ploughman's lunch
- postprandial
- tea
- tea party
- teatime
- tiffin
- TV dinner