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Definition of cocktail in English: cocktailnounˈkɒkteɪlˈkɑkˌteɪl 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 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.
OriginEarly 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.
Definition of cocktail in US English: cocktailnounˈkäkˌtālˈkɑkˌteɪl 1An alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit or several spirits mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice, lemonade, or cream. 鸡尾酒 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 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.
OriginEarly 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. |