concoction
英 [kən'kɒkʃn]
美[kən'kɑkʃən]
英英释意
- 1. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients;
- "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"
- "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
- 2. an occurrence of an unusual mixture;
- "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
- 3. the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose;
- "his testimony was a concoction"
- "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"
- 4. the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components