concoction
混合,調合,調合物
Con·coc·tion n.
1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.]
2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
4. Med. Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.]
5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.]
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concoction
n 1: any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he
volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a
mixture of beer and lemonade" [syn: mixture, intermixture]
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
[syn: confection]