- [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. 鸡尾酒 a cocktail bar/cabinet/lounge/shaker 鸡尾酒吧/橱柜/酒廊/调酒器
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pre-dinner
- afternoon
- evening
- …
- make
- mix
- serve
- …
- bar
- lounge
- cabinet
- …
- [countable, uncountable]
a dish of small pieces of food, usually served cold 凉菜；冷盘 a prawn/shrimp cocktail 大虾／小虾冷盘 fruit cocktail 什锦水果丁
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- prawn
- seafood
- shrimp
- …
- [countable]
a mixture of different substances or elements, often ones that do not mix together well 混合物（通常由不太相融的物质掺和而成） a lethal cocktail of drugs 致命的混合药物 The show was a heady cocktail of jazz and political satire. 这场演出是爵士乐和政治讽刺剧的混搭，很搞笑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deadly
- lethal
- heady
- …
- cocktail of
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.