confection的意思

confection

英 [kən'fekʃ(ə)n] 美 [kən'fɛkʃən]

comfit糖果,蜜饯。
confect糖果,蜜饯。
confection甜食,糕点。
其实这三个单词的词根构成都一样:一起+做,怎奈何有这么多做的花样?可见英语不是一般的变态,而是特别变态。

2. 源于混合在一起调制、制作而成的食物。
3. 餐前准备的餐点。

confection 甜食，精致物品

con-, 强调。-fect, 做，准备，词源同fact, effect.即精心做出来的，精心准备的。

confection (n.): mid-14c., confescioun, from Old French confeccion (12c., Modern French confection) "drawing up (of a treaty, etc.); article, product," in pharmacology, "mixture, compound," from Late Latin confectionem (nominative confectio) "a confection," in classical Latin, "a making, preparing," noun of action from confect-, past participle stem of conficere "to prepare," from com- "with" (see com-) + facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Originally "the making by means of ingredients," sense of "candy or light pastry" predominated from 16c.

1. He found himself staring at an extraordinary architectural confection of old and new.: 他发现自己盯着一座新旧结合的建筑精品看出了神。

3. And, curled about the brim of this confection was the perkiest of green ostrich plumes.: 而且, 这件绝妙精制品的帽檐周围还装饰着洋洋得意似的驼鸟毛呢.

4. Besides music, Viennese coffee and confection are as famous as Parisian's.: 除了音乐, 维也纳的咖啡甜点和巴黎的可谓是不分上下.

5. A confection made from or flavored with the licorice root.: 甘草糖一种用甘草根制成或加入甘草根的糖果.