cocktail
Word family nouncocktail barcocktail dresscocktail shakercocktail stickcocktailadjectivecocktailed
Drink
cock·tail /ˈkɒkteɪl $ ˈkɑːk-/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1. 
DFDan alcoholic drink made from a mixture of different drinks 鸡尾酒
DFDan alcoholic drink made from a mixture of different drinks 鸡尾酒2. seafood/prawn/lobster cocktail DFDsmall pieces of fish, prawns, or lobster served cold with a sauce and eaten as the first part of a meal 〔西餐作为第一道菜的〕凉拌海鲜/对虾/龙虾
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seafood/prawn/lobster cocktail• He broke off and ordered a prawn cocktail.• The lobster cocktail was plentiful but a touch cotton-woolly in texture, and for no visible reason arrived on a plate.• Their prawn cocktails arrived, together with a carafe of hearty red wine.• The first course was avocado with prawn cocktail dressing.
3. fruit cocktail DFDa mixture of small pieces of fruit 什锦水果丁
4 MIXa mixture of several things which is dangerous, unpleasant, confusing, or exciting 〔危险、令人不快、费解或令人激动的〕混合物
→ Molotov cocktailcocktail of
a lethal cocktail of painkillers and whisky
致命的止痛剂和威士忌混合物
The book contains a powerful cocktail of romance, family crises, and big business.
书中情节错综复杂，有爱情故事，有家庭危机，还有大公司的故事。
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cocktail• Years ago, rooms would have a cocktail table that matched the end table and the sofa table.• It will test whether using a cocktail of five or more drugs is an improvement on three.• There's this one: a woman sitting in a bar, wearing a cocktail outfit.• He died after taking a lethal cocktail of alcohol and tranquilizers.• Johnnie cruised away with another tray of cocktails.• I find that traditional cocktail foods are always very popular and Devils or Angels on Horseback are a guaranteed success.• Roll up carefully from head to tail and secure with one or two cocktail sticks. 3.
lethal cocktail• It probably illustrates it's a lethal cocktail of lorries and cars.• After all, each state comprised an often lethal cocktail of peoples.• In a flourish of biochemical altruism, they manufacture deadly molecules and then turn this lethal cocktail upon themselves.
(1800-1900) Probably from cocktail “horse with a tail cut short so that it looks like a male chicken's, horse of mixed breed (with such a tail), mixture” ((1800-1900))