an elaborate dish or delicacy made with sweet ingredients 精美甜食;甜点 a fruit confection. 水果甜点。 ■an elaborately constructed thing, especially a frivolous one 精工制作之物(尤指花哨而无价值之物) his elaborate pop confections. 他精心创作的流行音乐作品。 ■a fashionable or elaborate article of women's dress 时髦(或精美)的女装 Therese was magnificent in a swirling confection of crimson. 泰蕾兹穿着一件深红色的旋动式女装,显得雍容华贵。
[mass noun]the action of mixing or compounding something 混合;调和;调制 the confection of a syllabub. 乳酒冻的调配。
语源
Middle English (in the general sense 'something made by mixing', especially a medicinal preparation): via Old French from Latin confectio(n-), from conficere 'put together' (see confect)