English Dictionary

cocktail

/ˈkɒkteɪl/

noun

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.

I ordered a refreshing cocktail at the bar.

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.