• n. 雞尾酒；開味食品
• n. 混合物
• adj. 雞尾酒的

來自cock和tail的組合詞，傳說眾多，一種最字面意思的說法即用公雞尾巴調制的酒。

cocktail

cocktail: [19] The origins of the word cocktail are mysterious. It first appeared (in America) in the first decade of the 19th century, roughly contemporary with cocktail meaning ‘horse with a cocked tail’ – that is, one cut short and so made to stick up like a cock’s tail – but whether the two words are connected, and if so, how the drink came to be named after such a horse, are not at all clear.

cocktail (n.)

first attested 1806; H.L. Mencken lists seven versions of its origin, perhaps the most durable traces it to French coquetier "egg-cup" (15c.; in English cocktay). In New Orleans, c. 1795, Antoine Amédée Peychaud, an apothecary (and inventor of Peychaud bitters) held Masonic social gatherings at his pharmacy, where he mixed brandy toddies with his own bitters and served them in an egg-cup. On this theory, the drink took the name of the cup. Used from 1920s of any mix of substances (fruit, Molotov). Cocktail party first attested 1928.

1. He had very kindly asked me to the cocktail party that evening.

他很客氣地邀請我參加那晚的雞尾酒會。

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2. Let's meet in the cocktail lounge at the Hilton.

我們在希爾頓酒店的酒吧間碰頭吧。

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3. On arrival, guests are offered wine or a champagne cocktail.

每位賓客一到場都會有人送上葡萄酒或香檳雞尾酒。

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4. Children and guns are a potentially lethal cocktail.

讓兒童接觸槍支可能會有致命的危險。

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5. Atanas ordered a shrimp cocktail and a salad.

阿塔納斯點了一份雞尾冷蝦和一份色拉。

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