confection

n. 糖果，蜜饯；调制；糖膏（剂）；精制工艺品

中文词源

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.

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。

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.