confection
n. 糖果, 蜜饯 [医] 糖膏(剂)
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释义与例句
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1.
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
糖果
蜜饯
糖食
The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.
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2.
The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
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The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.
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4.
An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
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Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
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A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
A medicinal preparation of any kind, a compound of drugs.
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A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
A deadly poison.
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To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
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词源
From Middle English confescioun, borrowed from Old French confeccion (French confection), borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem, from confectus, past participle of conficere (“prepare”), from com- (“with”) + facere (“to make, do”). Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500s.
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