English Dictionary

cocktail

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɒkteɪl/

名詞

広義 イギリス英語 古風 俗語

A mixed alcoholic beverage. / (by extension) A mixture of other substances or things. / A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.

日本語の意味

混合アルコール飲料。 / 他の物質や事物の混合体。 / 純血種ではなく、先祖の血統のうち1/8または1/16が非純血の馬。

She ordered a cocktail with fresh lime and mint after a long day at work.

彼女は長い一日の仕事の後、新鮮なライムとミントを使ったカクテルを注文した。

意味（1）

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

They visited a bar noted for its wide range of cocktails.

意味（2）

(by extension) A mixture of other substances or things.

Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.

意味（3）

A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.

A “cock-tail” is a horse not purely bred, but with only one-eighth or one-sixteenth impure blood in his veins

意味（4）

(UK, slang, dated) A mean, half-hearted fellow.

It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail.

意味（5）

A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

cocktails （ plural ）