concoction

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kənˈkɒkʃən/|/kəŋ-/    美 /kənˈkɑkʃən/|/kəŋ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients. countable,uncountable
    — Salt is a very favoured ingredient of spell-binding concoctions.
  2. A mixture prepared in such a way. countable,uncountable
  3. Something made up, an invention. countable,figuratively,uncountable
  4. Digestion (of food etc.). countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — [Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]
  5. The act of digesting in the mind; rumination. countable,figuratively,obsolete,uncountable
    — At laſt, the Phyſicians, after a long and ſtormie voyage, ſee land; They haue ſo good ſignes of the concoction of the diſeaſe, as that they may ſafely proceed to purge.
  6. An abatement of a morbid process, such as a fever, and a return to a normal condition. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  7. The act of perfecting or maturing. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — There are also divers other great alterations of matter and bodies , besides those that tend to concoction and maturation

词形变化

concoctions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
inconcoction reconcoction

词源

From Latin concoctiō.
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