confection

英 [k?n'fek?(?)n] 美[k?n'f?k??n]

TEM8GRE暢通詞匯

復數:?confections;

comfit糖果,蜜餞。
confect糖果,蜜餞。
confection甜食,糕點。
其實這三個單詞的詞根構成都一樣:一起+做,怎奈何有這么多做的花樣?可見英語不是一般的變態,而是特別變態。

2. 源于混合在一起調制、制作而成的食物。
3. 餐前準備的餐點。

confection 甜食，精致物品

con-, 強調。-fect, 做，準備，詞源同fact, effect.即精心做出來的，精心準備的。

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.: 他發現自己盯著一座新舊結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, 這件絕妙精制品的帽檐周圍還裝飾著洋洋得意似的駝鳥毛呢.

4. Besides music, Viennese coffee and confection are as famous as Parisian's.: 除了音樂, 維也納的咖啡甜點和巴黎的可謂是不分上下.

5. A confection made from or flavored with the licorice root.: 甘草糖一種用甘草根制成或加入甘草根的糖果.