Word · Frequency #19212
concoction
调制物，调合物（常指奇怪或不寻常的混合物）
a mixture of various ingredients, often strange or unusual
常指食物或饮料的混合
- 1.
The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
用多种成分制备药物、食物或其他物质
- 2.
A mixture prepared in such a way.
以这种方式制备的混合物
- 3.
Something made up, an invention.
编造的东西,发明
混合，混杂（不寻常或不太可能的组合）；编造，捏造（故事或计划，常为欺骗目的）；用多种成分制备药物、食物或其他物质；以这种方式制备的混合物；编造的东西,发明
In use
She created a strange concoction of fruit juices and spices.
The chef's latest concoction combined chocolate and chili.
His speech was a concoction of facts and fiction.
a [adjective] concoction
形容词强调混合物的特性，如奇怪、独特等。
He brewed a bizarre concoction.
他调制了一种奇怪的混合物。
concoction of [plural noun]
of后接原料或成分，表示混合物由什么制成。
The drink was a concoction of fruit juices.
这种饮料是多种果汁的混合。
a concoction of [abstract noun]
引申义，指编造的言论或计划。
The story was a concoction of lies.
Connections
Collocations
- strange concoction
- 奇怪的调制物
- She served us a strange concoction of fruit and spices.她给我们端上了一种由水果和香料调成的奇怪混合物。
- herbal concoction
- 草药调制液
- Grandma made an herbal concoction to soothe my cough.奶奶调制了一种草药液来缓解我的咳嗽。
- homemade concoction
- 自制调制品
- He offered me a taste of his homemade concoction.他让我尝了尝他自制的调制品。
- a concoction of
- 由……调配而成的混合物
- The drink is a concoction of rum, fruit juice, and spices.这种饮料是由朗姆酒、果汁和香料调配而成的混合饮品。
- fizzy concoction
- 起泡的混合饮料
- The kids loved the bright pink fizzy concoction at the party.孩子们很喜欢派对上的那种亮粉色起泡混合饮料。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 concoct（调制）+tion，像把各种原料混煮成一锅，既是调合物，也指编造的东西。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：烹饪及食谱、饮品调制、自制药品或偏方 concoction 多用于指由多种成分调成的混合物，常见于烹饪、饮品或自制药品等场景；它常带有一点“奇怪或不寻常”的意味，语气多比较轻松，但在描述配方时也可用于中性的书面表达。
Grammar Note
常与 of 连用，表示...的混合物
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common true rhymes: concoction stresses /ɒkʃən/, and these -ction words share only the final /kʃən/ sound with a different stressed vowel, so they are useful spelling/sound lookalikes rather than rhymes.
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