mixed是什么意思

mixed

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mixed (adj.): mid-15c., from mix (n.). Mixed blessing from 1933. Mixed marriage is from 1690s (originally in a religious context; racial sense was in use by 1942 in U.S., though mixed breed in reference to mulattoes is found by 1775). Mixed bag "heterogeneous collection" is from 1936. Mixed up is from 1884 as "confused," from 1862 as "involved."

Mixed drink in the modern liquor sense is recorded by 1868; the thing itself is older; Bartlett (1859) lists sixty names "given to the various compounds or mixtures of spirituous liquors and wines served up in fashionable bar rooms in the United States," all from a single advertisement. The list includes Tippe na Pecco, Moral suasion, Vox populi, Jewett's fancy, Ne plus ultra, Shambro, Virginia fancy, Stone wall, Smasher, Slingflip, Pig and whistle, Cocktail, Phlegm-cutter, Switchel flip, Tip and Ty, Ching-ching, Fiscal agent, Slip ticket, Epicure's punch.

1. There has been a very mixed reaction to the decision.: 對(duì)于這個(gè)決定的反應(yīng)非常不一致。

2. He mixed business and pleasure in a perfect and dynamic way.: 他以互動(dòng)的方式將工作和娛樂(lè)完美地結(jié)合起來(lái)。

3. Foods and fluids are mixed in the stomach by its muscular contractions.: 通過(guò)胃部肌肉的收縮食物和流質(zhì)在胃中混合。

5. As a hangover from rationing, they mixed butter and margarine.: 作為食品配給制的一種遺留影響，他們總把黃油和人造黃油混在一起吃。