cocktail

cocktail

Boisson obtenue en mélangeant un alcool fort avec d'autres boissons ou ingrédients.

En anglais simple : An alcoholic drink made by mixing a strong alcoholic drink with other drinks or ingredients.

• She ordered a cocktail at the bar.
• These cocktails contain rum and pineapple juice.
• Would you like a cocktail before dinner?

Synonymes : mixed drink

Expressions courantes : order a cocktail, cocktail bar, cocktail glass

mélange, cocktail

Ensemble de choses différentes mélangées, souvent avec un effet puissant ou nocif.

En anglais simple : A mixture of different things, often one with a strong or harmful effect.

• The water contained a cocktail of chemicals.
• Doctors used a drug cocktail to treat him.
• Fear and anger created a dangerous cocktail.

Comment l'utiliser : cocktail of something (The river carried a cocktail of harmful substances.)

Synonymes : mixture, mix, blend

Expressions courantes : cocktail of drugs, toxic cocktail, dangerous cocktail

offrir des cocktails

Payer des cocktails à quelqu'un pour lui faire passer un bon moment.

En anglais simple : To buy someone mixed alcoholic drinks as a way of entertaining them.

• The host cocktailed his guests before dinner.
• He plans to cocktail the visitors at the hotel bar.
• They dined and cocktailed us throughout our visit.

Expressions courantes : cocktail someone, cocktail the guests