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concoction

英 [kən'kɒkʃn] 美[kən'kɑkʃən]
  • n. 混合;调合;调合物

英英释意


1. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients;
"he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"
"he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
2. an occurrence of an unusual mixture;
"it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
3. 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"
4. the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components