confection

confection
noun
  1. 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。
  2. [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
  1. 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)
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