concoction
concoction 英 [kənˈkɒkʃn] 美 [kənˈkɑkʃn]
n. 混合；调合；调合物
名词复数:concoctions
- A concoction is a curious mixture of things, like a bunch of liquids stirred in a cup, or the elaborate and unbelievable story you make up to explain not finishing your homework.
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- n. 混合；调合；调合物
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1. Also known as the lemon water detox diet, this concoction can’t even really be called a diet because you’re not eating anything.
也被称为柠檬水断食法，这个混合物甚至不能真正被称为节食，因为你根本不吃任何东西。
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2. Canned soup, on the other hand, is a miserable concoction of salt, fat, artificial additives, preservatives, water and maybe part of a carrot.
罐头浓汤根本就是盐、脂肪、人工添加剂、防腐剂和水的混合物，可能还会有点胡萝卜吧。
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3. Now a group at the University of Washington, in Seattle, has come up with a concoction based on artists’ ceramic powder blended with sugar and maltodextrin.
现在华盛顿大学的一个团队开发出了一种合成物，该混合物诶陶瓷粉与白糖和麦芽糖的混合物，价格为一磅不足一美元。
- concoction (n.) 1530s, "digestion" (a sense now obsolete), from Latin concoctionem (nominative concoctio) "digestion," noun of action from past participle stem of concoquere "to digest; to boil together, prepare; to consider well," from assimilated form of com "together" (see con-) + coquere "to cook, prepare food, ripen, digest," from PIE root *pekw- "to cook, ripen."
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