cocktail

noun

/ˈkɒkteɪl/

/ˈkɑːkteɪl/

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[countable] a drink usually made from a mixture of one or more spirits (= strong alcoholic drinks) and fruit juice. It can also be made without alcohol.
- a cocktail bar/cabinet/lounge/shaker
Topics Drinksc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- pre-dinner
- afternoon
- evening
- …
verb + cocktail
- make
- mix
- serve
- …
cocktail + noun
- bar
- lounge
- cabinet
- …
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[countable, uncountable] a dish of small pieces of food, usually served cold
- a prawn/shrimp cocktail
- fruit cocktail
Topics Foodc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- prawn
- seafood
- shrimp
- …
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[countable] a mixture of different substances or elements, often ones that do not mix together well
- a lethal cocktail of drugs
- The show was a heady cocktail of jazz and political satire.
see also Molotov cocktail
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deadly
- lethal
- heady
- …
preposition
- cocktail of
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from cock + tail. The original use was as an adjective describing a creature with a tail like that of a cock, specifically a horse with a docked tail; hence (because hunters and coach-horses were generally docked) a racehorse which was not a thoroughbred, having a cock-tailed horse in its pedigree (early 19th cent.). Sense (1) (originally US, also early 19th cent.) is perhaps an analogy, from the idea of an impure spirit.

单词	cocktail
释义	cocktail noun /ˈkɒkteɪl/ /ˈkɑːkteɪl/ jump to other results [countable] a drink usually made from a mixture of one or more spirits (= strong alcoholic drinks) and fruit juice. It can also be made without alcohol. a cocktail bar/cabinet/lounge/shaker Topics Drinksc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective pre-dinner afternoon evening … verb + cocktail make mix serve … cocktail + noun bar lounge cabinet … See full entry [countable, uncountable] a dish of small pieces of food, usually served cold a prawn/shrimp cocktail fruit cocktail Topics Foodc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective prawn seafood shrimp … See full entry [countable] a mixture of different substances or elements, often ones that do not mix together well a lethal cocktail of drugs The show was a heady cocktail of jazz and political satire. see also Molotov cocktail Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective deadly lethal heady … preposition cocktail of See full entry Word Originearly 17th cent.: from cock + tail. The original use was as an adjective describing a creature with a tail like that of a cock, specifically a horse with a docked tail; hence (because hunters and coach-horses were generally docked) a racehorse which was not a thoroughbred, having a cock-tailed horse in its pedigree (early 19th cent.). Sense (1) (originally US, also early 19th cent.) is perhaps an analogy, from the idea of an impure spirit.
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