Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - cocktail
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Cocktail
cocktail
~ n 1 an alcoholic drink made from a mixture of different drinks 2 seafood/prawn/lobster cocktail a mixture of small pieces of fish, prawns, or lobster, served cold and eaten at the beginning of a meal 3 fruit cocktail a mixture of small pieces of fruit 4 a mixture of dangerous substances, especially one that you eat or drink (a lethal cocktail of pain-killers and amphetamines) (- see also Molotov cocktail)
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1.
(cocktails) 1. A cocktail is an alcoholic drink which contains several ingredients. On arrival, guests are offered wine or a champagne cocktail... N-COUNT 2. A cocktail is a mixture of a number of different things, especially ones that do not go together well. The court was told she had taken a cocktail of drugs and alcohol... N-COUNT: oft N of n 3. see also fruit cocktail, prawn cocktail, Molotov cocktail ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
I. noun Etymology: probably from 1cock + tail Date: 1806 1. a. an iced drink of wine or distilled liquor mixed with flavoring ingredients b. something resembling or suggesting such a drink as being a mixture of often diverse elements or ingredients a ~ of remembered incidents and pure imagination — Charlotte Low a ~ of herbicides c. a mixture of agents usually in solution that is taken or used together especially for medical treatment or diagnosis 2. an appetizer served as a first course at a meal II. adjective Date: 1852 1. of, relating to, or set aside for ~s a ~ hour 2. designed for semiformal wear a ~ dress III. noun Etymology: 1cock + tail Date: 1808 a horse with its tail docked ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. 1 a usu. alcoholic drink made by mixing various spirits, fruit juices, etc. 2 a dish of mixed ingredients (fruit cocktail; shellfish cocktail). 3 any hybrid mixture. Phrases and idioms cocktail dress a usu. short evening dress suitable for wearing at a drinks party. cocktail stick a small pointed stick for serving an olive, cherry, small sausage, etc. Etymology: orig. unkn.: cf. earlier sense 'docked horse' f. COCK(1): the connection is unclear ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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5.
1. лошадь с подрезанным хвостом 2. скаковая лошадь-полукровка 3. неодобр. выскочка, нувориш 4. сл. окурок сигареты с марихуаной 5. коктейль 6. закуска из крабов, устриц с соусом (в порционной вазочке) 7. фруктовый коктейль (охлажденные нарезанные фрукты) 8. томатный или фруктовый сок, подаваемый перед обедом 9. воен. жарг. зажигательная смесь, бутылка с зажигательной смесью 10. коктейльный, относящийся к коктейлю cocktail hour —- предобеденный час; время коктейлей cocktail glass —- бокал для коктейля (колокообразный, на короткой ножке) 11. выходной (о дневной одежде) cocktail dress —- короткое нарядное платье (не вечернее) 12. пить коктейль 13. присутствовать на коктейле 14. устраивать коктейль, предобеденный прием гостей; угощать коктейлями ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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7.
- first attested 1806; H.L. Mencken lists seven versions of its origin, perhaps the most persuasive is Fr. coquetier "egg-cup." In New Orleans, c.1795, Antoine Amйdйe 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. The drink took the name of the cup, in Eng. cocktay. Cocktail party first attested 1928. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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