单词 | concoction |
释义 | concoction 1.(mixture)+of food, ingredients, drugs调制物;调和物 She has to take a concoction of drugs.她必须服用一种混合调配的药。 Local specialities include a delicious concoction of spiced meat or fish, rice, and tomato.本地特色菜中包括一道由五香肉或鱼肉、大米以及西红柿调配的美味菜肴。 a concoction of chemicals化学制品的混合物 an odourless but lethal concoction一种无味但致命的调和物 2.(artistic, literary, verbal)混杂物;拼凑物 The movie is a brilliant concoction of American and Italian Western conventions.这部影片巧妙地把美国和意大利的西部电影传统糅合在一起。 The script was a ludicrous concoction of clichés from B-movies of the fifties.电影剧本将50年代廉价烂片中的老套台词荒唐可笑地拼凑在一起。 3.(invention)编造;捏造;杜撰 He publishes his findings in a strange language of his own concoction.他用一种自己杜撰的奇怪语言发表了研究结果。 4.(made-up story)编造的话;谎言 They had no option other than to bring this flimsy concoction to the Old Bailey.他们别无选择, 只好把这个漏洞百出的谎话带到了伦敦中央刑事法院上。 We are left wondering whether this bizarre concoction has all been a dream.我们最后只是疑惑这个离奇的骗局是否完全是一场梦。 Rumours soon began swirling that the two were romantically involved, but their 'relationship' was a media concoction.不久谣言就开始四处流传, 说他们两个在谈恋爱, 但他们的“恋爱关系”是媒体编造出来的。 She claimed she was the victim of a concoction of lies.她声称自己是一系列谎言的受害者。 |
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