confection
/kənˈfekʃən/noun
1
- an elaborate dish or delicacy made with sweet ingredients精美甜食; 甜点：
a fruit confection.
水果甜点。
1.1
- an elaborately constructed thing, especially a frivolous one精工制作之物（尤指花哨而无价值之物）：
his elaborate pop confections.
他精心创作的流行音乐作品。
1.2
- a fashionable or elaborate article of women's dress时髦（或精美）的女装：
Therese was magnificent in a swirling confection of crimson.
泰蕾兹穿着一件深红色的旋动式女装, 显得雍容华贵。
2
- mass noun the action of mixing or compounding something混合; 调和; 调制：
the confection of a syllabub.
乳酒冻的调配。
词源
Middle English （in the general sense 'something made by mixing'， especially a medicinal preparation）： via Old French from Latin confectio（n-）， from conficere 'put together' （see CONFECT）.