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单词 concoction
释义

concoction

noun

con·​coc·​tion kən-ˈkäk-shən How to pronounce concoction (audio)
kän-
plural concoctions
1
: something (such as a food or drink) that is concocted from various elements : something prepared or devised by combining different ingredients
an elaborate concoction
This concoction is a cross between hot chocolate and a grasshopper, a mixed drink that gets its minty kick from crème de menthe. Kim Steckler
… the disc offers quite an unusual concoction of old and new songs that are surprisingly cohesive. Jon Hetman
2
: the act of process of concocting something
One of these young men had a rare faculty in the concoction of gin-cocktails. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms

  • brainchild
  • coinage
  • contrivance
  • creation
  • innovation
  • invention
  • wrinkle
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Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 2

concoction

noun

as in invention
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination the first submarine must have seemed like a wild concoction at the time

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • invention
  • innovation
  • product
  • creation
  • contraption
  • contrivance
  • brainchild
  • wrinkle
  • coinage
  • device
  • gadget
  • gizmo
  • work
  • design
  • conception
  • novelty
  • imagining
  • fantasy
  • dream
  • gismo
  • vision
  • picture
  • origination
  • phantasy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • imitation
  • copy
  • duplicate
  • reproduction
  • facsimile
  • clone
  • carbon copy
  • replication
  • duplication
  • replica
  • dupe
  • reduplication
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