【cocktail】 - A-level备考词汇

cocktail

UK:  ['kɒk.teɪl]

US:  ['kɑk.teɪl]

复数：cocktails  

n.

1.鸡尾酒;(正菜前用蟹肉,牡蛎肉或水果等做成的)开胃小吃,尾巴切短的马;非纯种的赛马;出身低微的人

2.混合液

3.截短尾巴的马

adj.

1.鸡尾酒的;(女服)在半正式场合穿的

1 . She said "You could write on your hand instead of cocktail napkins. " She sneered at Rodney.
她对这罗德尼冷笑道：“你应该写在手上，而非餐巾纸上。”

2 . "Never mind what he went under. It was a mistake , that'tall. A big mistake . Poor fellow. " He had cocktail now and shook his head at it.
“不要管他怎么上的。那是一个错误，就这样。一个大错误。可怜的家伙…”现在他拿着鸡尾酒并且朝着它摇头。

3 . In any cocktail party with two or more people, there must be at least two people who have the same number of friends.
在任何有2个人或2个人以上参加的鸡尾酒会上，必有至少2个人有相同数量的朋友。

4 . Thus, in a variety of cocktail into the base wine, vodka is the most flexible, adaptable and flexible nature of a wine.
因此，在种种调制鸡尾酒的基酒之中，伏特加酒是最具有机动性，顺应性和变通性的一种酒。

5 . Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, might have indeed drunk a pearl cocktail in a gulp, an experimental study has concluded.
最近一份研究表明，埃及最后一个女王克娄巴特拉可能真的将一杯珍贵的珍珠鸡尾酒一饮而尽。