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词汇 cocktail
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Definition of cocktail in English:

cocktail

nounˈkɒkteɪlˈkɑkˌteɪl
  • 1An alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit or spirits mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice or cream.

    鸡尾酒

    as modifier a cocktail bar
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Just as my fellow students were intimidated by formal grammar, a lot of otherwise sophisticated people are intimidated by spirits, cocktails and mixed drinks.
    • He obviously had no concept about what each ingredient in the cocktail brought to the drink.
    • In addition, alcoholic cocktail drinks must be clearly labelled and not portrayed as fizzy soft drinks.
    • You lounge around the two freeform pools, walk to the beach, drink cocktails at the bar, eat well and sleep deeply.
    • Now it has been renovated to include a restaurant, lounge bar, cocktail bar and beer garden.
    • She has some specific tips for setting up a bar for a cocktail party.
    • The bar sells a wonderful array of beers, cocktails and spirits, with an equally eclectic range of superior pub grub that includes pizza, curry and just about everything else.
    • The drinks are good, if somewhat pricy - the cocktails are packed with alcohol and very drinkable.
    • I was a little more drunk than I thought I was, having drunk several cocktails and a little Champagne.
    • The fight came at the end of a night's clubbing during which the prince is reported to have drunk vodka cocktails, tequila and beer.
    • Her first priority, though, is to have a few drinks at the cocktail party later tonight.
    • You have a few cocktails, drink some tequila, and everyone gets along.
    • Who was she kidding, turning up at this fancy bar drinking sickly sweet cocktails that cost $14 each?
    • Sip from frothy coffee ice cream smoothies or alcohol-free cocktails and indulge in the salon atmosphere.
    • Maybe I'll survive as long as I don't start drinking cocktails with umbrellas in them.
    • In many ways it is apt that this adulterated tequila drink was their cocktail of choice.
    • Spring is the time in her restaurant for rum drinks, cocktails with fruit and drinks with fizz.
    • Over a third of women in their twenties are binge drinkers and their fondness for products like vodka and cocktails have helped drive spirits sales.
    • Most spirit based drinks and cocktails cost about $10 each.
    • A nation once wedded to spirits, beer and cocktails changed its habits dramatically in the past quarter of a century.
    1. 1.1 A mixture of substances or factors, especially when dangerous or unpleasant.
      (尤指酝酿着危险或不良后果的不同物质或不同因素的)混合(物);混合因素
      a cocktail of drugs with severe side effects
      financial pressure plus isolation can be a deadly cocktail for some people

      经济上的压力加上孤立可能会对某些人产生致命影响。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rugby, lads, pub, Saturday… the result of this dangerous cocktail is not hard to imagine.
      • A worker stopped by police on his way to work at a local bacon factory had a cocktail of illegal drugs with him.
      • Away from the action, it's a dangerous cocktail as a new book on the misdemeanours of America's basketballers.
      • I should be having my own fun and excitement, off my dial on a cocktail of medically-sanctioned drugs.
      • I hate him and love him in equal measure, and it's a dangerous cocktail.
      • First love, new experiences and no parental control must be a dangerous cocktail.
      • Guilt, selfishness, deep sorrow and frustration all mingled together in my conscience like a deadly cocktail.
      • A well-known technique is to give horses a cocktail of substances from the same family of drugs.
      • Do they think it necessary to serve up a crazy cocktail of musical genres in order to justify their entry rates?
      • She spluttered chaotically - her head racing as she was overcome by a volatile cocktail of heat and cold.
      • A cocktail of drugs kept her slim, awake and bright-eyed for filming, and then helped her sleep at night.
      • He became concerned about the cocktail of eight drugs his wife was prescribed to combat depression and anxiety because he felt they were harming her.
      • In an operating system, the combination of closed source and entangled structure makes for a deadly cocktail.
      • The company is focusing on getting its cocktail, a mixture of three drugs, to market.
      • The watchdog group found a cocktail of dangerous pesticides when they tested 12 leading brands of drink.
      • The second sequel of the film is back with its deadly cocktail of fast cars, mean racers and hot babes.
      • I take a cocktail of exotic drugs which give me vivid dreams.
      • A cocktail of substances is now burning from several storage containers, but fire authorities say the blaze is well under control.
      • She was on a cocktail of drink and drugs when she burgled a total of four houses to fund her drug addiction.
      • In the late 1990s, antiretroviral drug cocktails extended the lives of those who could afford them.
  • 2A dish consisting of small pieces of food, typically served cold as a starter.

    (尤指主菜前上的由小块食物组成的)开胃冷菜

    we began with prawn and avocado cocktail
    a chilled lobster cocktail prettily presented in a martini glass
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A hot station has the meats and the hot containers for the vegetables, while on the other side is the cold station with the prawn cocktails.
    • A tempting array of starters ranged from melon, garlic bread and prawn cocktail through to pasta dishes which could have been a main course in themselves.
    • Starters include warm chicken salad, prawn cocktail, smoked salmon and a Tuscan roll with pesto and mozzarella.
    • Her preferences seem to rest mainly on seafood cocktails, shrimp and tilapia - a fish I normally find to be insipid stuff.
    • On the menu are such delights of Olde England: prawn cocktail, steak Diane and banana flambé
    • This is what we have come to expect of the prawn cocktail: this monster of a crime against the palate.
    • Make a crab cocktail and serve it piled high on a slice of toasted sourdough bread.
    • I looked around, and managed to find a shrimp cocktail that they would serve to some rich businessman flying in one of these things.
    • Seven appetizers and salads are next, including prawn and crab cocktails.
    • He celebrated with a shrimp cocktail and big steak Sunday night.
    • Starters included home-made salmon fish cakes, shami kebabs and pickle and fresh prawn cocktail and avocado with tuna marie rose.
    • We were impressed with the crab cocktail and the steak Diane, and the very attentive service we received.
    • Think of them as the best of department store tearoom cuisine - favorites such as shrimp cocktails, chicken salad, and cheese straws.
    • It was mostly a finger food buffet, with mini pizzas and shrimp cocktail.

Origin

Early 17th century: from cock1 + tail1. The original use was as an adjective describing a creature with a tail like that of a cock, specifically a horse with a docked tail; hence (because hunters and coach-horses were generally docked) a racehorse which was not a thoroughbred, having a cock-tailed horse in its pedigree (early 19th century). sense 1 (originally US, also early 19th century) is perhaps analogous, from the idea of an adulterated spirit.

  • The original use of cocktail was as a term to describe a creature with a tail like that of a cock, in particular a horse with a docked tail. Hunting horses and stagecoach horses generally had their tails shortened in this way, which led to the term being applied to a racehorse which was not a thoroughbred but ‘of mixed blood’, with a cock-tailed horse somewhere in its pedigree. It may be that the current sense of an alcoholic drink with a mixture of ingredients, which dates from the early 19th century, comes from this use, though the exact origin of the term is much debated.

Rhymes

mocktail

Definition of cocktail in US English:

cocktail

nounˈkäkˌtālˈkɑkˌteɪl
  • 1An alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit or several spirits mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice, lemonade, or cream.

    鸡尾酒

    a cocktail bar

    一间鸡尾酒吧。

    as modifier cocktail parties

    鸡尾酒会。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You have a few cocktails, drink some tequila, and everyone gets along.
    • Maybe I'll survive as long as I don't start drinking cocktails with umbrellas in them.
    • A nation once wedded to spirits, beer and cocktails changed its habits dramatically in the past quarter of a century.
    • I was a little more drunk than I thought I was, having drunk several cocktails and a little Champagne.
    • He obviously had no concept about what each ingredient in the cocktail brought to the drink.
    • She has some specific tips for setting up a bar for a cocktail party.
    • Now it has been renovated to include a restaurant, lounge bar, cocktail bar and beer garden.
    • In many ways it is apt that this adulterated tequila drink was their cocktail of choice.
    • Sip from frothy coffee ice cream smoothies or alcohol-free cocktails and indulge in the salon atmosphere.
    • The bar sells a wonderful array of beers, cocktails and spirits, with an equally eclectic range of superior pub grub that includes pizza, curry and just about everything else.
    • Who was she kidding, turning up at this fancy bar drinking sickly sweet cocktails that cost $14 each?
    • The drinks are good, if somewhat pricy - the cocktails are packed with alcohol and very drinkable.
    • Her first priority, though, is to have a few drinks at the cocktail party later tonight.
    • Most spirit based drinks and cocktails cost about $10 each.
    • In addition, alcoholic cocktail drinks must be clearly labelled and not portrayed as fizzy soft drinks.
    • Spring is the time in her restaurant for rum drinks, cocktails with fruit and drinks with fizz.
    • You lounge around the two freeform pools, walk to the beach, drink cocktails at the bar, eat well and sleep deeply.
    • The fight came at the end of a night's clubbing during which the prince is reported to have drunk vodka cocktails, tequila and beer.
    • Just as my fellow students were intimidated by formal grammar, a lot of otherwise sophisticated people are intimidated by spirits, cocktails and mixed drinks.
    • Over a third of women in their twenties are binge drinkers and their fondness for products like vodka and cocktails have helped drive spirits sales.
    1. 1.1 A mixture of substances or factors, especially when dangerous or unpleasant in its effects.
      (尤指酝酿着危险或不良后果的不同物质或不同因素的)混合(物);混合因素
      a cocktail of drugs with severe side effects
      financial pressure plus isolation can be a deadly cocktail for some people

      经济上的压力加上孤立可能会对某些人产生致命影响。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Away from the action, it's a dangerous cocktail as a new book on the misdemeanours of America's basketballers.
      • A cocktail of drugs kept her slim, awake and bright-eyed for filming, and then helped her sleep at night.
      • The watchdog group found a cocktail of dangerous pesticides when they tested 12 leading brands of drink.
      • Guilt, selfishness, deep sorrow and frustration all mingled together in my conscience like a deadly cocktail.
      • I hate him and love him in equal measure, and it's a dangerous cocktail.
      • I take a cocktail of exotic drugs which give me vivid dreams.
      • A well-known technique is to give horses a cocktail of substances from the same family of drugs.
      • Do they think it necessary to serve up a crazy cocktail of musical genres in order to justify their entry rates?
      • First love, new experiences and no parental control must be a dangerous cocktail.
      • Rugby, lads, pub, Saturday… the result of this dangerous cocktail is not hard to imagine.
      • The second sequel of the film is back with its deadly cocktail of fast cars, mean racers and hot babes.
      • He became concerned about the cocktail of eight drugs his wife was prescribed to combat depression and anxiety because he felt they were harming her.
      • In the late 1990s, antiretroviral drug cocktails extended the lives of those who could afford them.
      • A worker stopped by police on his way to work at a local bacon factory had a cocktail of illegal drugs with him.
      • In an operating system, the combination of closed source and entangled structure makes for a deadly cocktail.
      • She was on a cocktail of drink and drugs when she burgled a total of four houses to fund her drug addiction.
      • The company is focusing on getting its cocktail, a mixture of three drugs, to market.
      • A cocktail of substances is now burning from several storage containers, but fire authorities say the blaze is well under control.
      • She spluttered chaotically - her head racing as she was overcome by a volatile cocktail of heat and cold.
      • I should be having my own fun and excitement, off my dial on a cocktail of medically-sanctioned drugs.
  • 2A dish consisting of small pieces of food, typically served cold at the beginning of a meal as an appetizer.

    (尤指主菜前上的由小块食物组成的)开胃冷菜

    a chilled lobster cocktail prettily presented in a martini glass
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the menu are such delights of Olde England: prawn cocktail, steak Diane and banana flambé
    • He celebrated with a shrimp cocktail and big steak Sunday night.
    • Starters include warm chicken salad, prawn cocktail, smoked salmon and a Tuscan roll with pesto and mozzarella.
    • A hot station has the meats and the hot containers for the vegetables, while on the other side is the cold station with the prawn cocktails.
    • Think of them as the best of department store tearoom cuisine - favorites such as shrimp cocktails, chicken salad, and cheese straws.
    • It was mostly a finger food buffet, with mini pizzas and shrimp cocktail.
    • Starters included home-made salmon fish cakes, shami kebabs and pickle and fresh prawn cocktail and avocado with tuna marie rose.
    • A tempting array of starters ranged from melon, garlic bread and prawn cocktail through to pasta dishes which could have been a main course in themselves.
    • Seven appetizers and salads are next, including prawn and crab cocktails.
    • This is what we have come to expect of the prawn cocktail: this monster of a crime against the palate.
    • Make a crab cocktail and serve it piled high on a slice of toasted sourdough bread.
    • Her preferences seem to rest mainly on seafood cocktails, shrimp and tilapia - a fish I normally find to be insipid stuff.
    • I looked around, and managed to find a shrimp cocktail that they would serve to some rich businessman flying in one of these things.
    • We were impressed with the crab cocktail and the steak Diane, and the very attentive service we received.

Origin

Early 17th century: from cock + tail. The original use was as an adjective describing a creature with a tail like that of a cock, specifically a horse with a docked tail; hence (because hunters and coach-horses were generally docked) a racehorse which was not a thoroughbred, having a cock-tailed horse in its pedigree (early 19th century). cocktail (sense 1) (originally US, also early 19th century) is perhaps analogous, from the idea of an adulterated spirit.

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