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confection

/kuhn-fek-shuhn/US // kənˈfɛk ʃən //UK // (kənˈfɛkʃən) //

糖果,糕点,甜食,糖果类

Related Words

cake蛋糕,糕饼,饼,糕点pastry面点,饼房,糕点,点心candy糖果,饼干,蜡烛,巧克力sweet甜的,甜甜的,甜蜜的,甜美的jam卡住,卡住了,卡纸,果酱dainty娇小的,娇小玲珑,娇小,娇贵

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.
    • : the process of compounding, preparing, or making something.
    • : a frivolous, amusing, or contrived play, book, or other artistic or literary work.
    • : something made up or confected; a concoction: He said the charges were a confection of the local police.
    • : something, as a garment or decorative object, that is very delicate, elaborate, or luxurious and usually nonutilitarian.
    • : Pharmacology. a medicated preparation made with the aid of sugar, honey, syrup, or the like.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. to prepare as a confection.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsweet food
Forms: confections
Synonyms
cake蛋糕,糕饼,饼,糕点candy糖果,饼干,蜡烛,巧克力pastry面点,饼房,糕点,点心dainty娇小的,娇小玲珑,娇小,娇贵jam卡住,卡住了,卡纸,果酱sweet甜的,甜甜的,甜蜜的,甜美的

Examples

  • In fact, Mexico may have started producing cajeta long before Argentina began producing its confection.

  • Made with Valrhona chocolate, the intense confection becomes richer at the table when a server pokes a hole in its center and fills it with caramel sauce.

  • She envisions opening up a “very pretty cakery” where people can pick up confections to share for celebrations.

  • The jiggly pastel-hued confections are made with flavors like peach, lychee, and persimmon.

  • Every author of fiction set in the past has to gauge how tolerant readers will be with pure invention, and mysteries are imaginative confections as a rule.

  • "I shall consider myself Punk'd," recites a proud Ichabod in response to this unexpected lit confection.

  • In comparison, The Quest is an over the top confection, with about as much genuine genre integrity as Your Highness.

  • And your debut feature, (500) Days of Summer, really struck me as a pop confection of sorts.

  • Finally, a dance song dominates the summer but manages to forgo sugary pop confection.

  • The business they were running was a confection of several sources.

  • The azucarilla is a confection not unlike "Edinburgh rock," but more porous and of the nature of a meringue.

  • La vieille mre est sujett des maux d'estomac, et je lui ai apport un pot de confection d'hyacinthe.

  • This confection was embossed with a hundred intricate designs, rich with silver; un-Amish as a Christmas tree.

  • Confections deals with that very delightful and fascinating part of cookery--confection making.

  • They have an extensive use in cookery, both as a confection and an ingredient in cakes, puddings, and pastry.

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