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Confection N Candy French Kən'fekʃən N.甜食,糖果 英 甜食,糖果

单词 confection
音标 [kən'fekʃən]
解释 n.甜食,糖果
红宝书 【英】 n. 甜食,糖果 (any kind of candy or other sweet preparation)
【记】 con+fect(做)+ion →大家一起做的(食品 )甜食;
【同】 近形词: infection(感染); affection(感情); perfection(完美)
字源 confection (n.)
mid-14c., confescioun, from Old French confeccion (12c., Modern French confection) "drawing up (of a treaty, etc.); article, product," in pharmacology, "mixture, compound," from Late Latin confectionem (nominative confectio) "a confection," in classical Latin, "a making, preparing," noun of action from confect-, past participle stem of conficere "to prepare," from com- "with" (see com-) + facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Originally "the making by means of ingredients," sense of "candy or light pastry" predominated from 16c.
不择手段背单词 n. 甜食(例如糖果、甜点心) = candy
【记】con共同, fect做-大家一起做-甜食;
【参】infection(n 感染); affection(n 感情); perfection(n 完美)
趣味全助记 【记】refection 点心,小吃;refectory 食堂
【相关】refreshment 点心, 饮料, 精力恢复

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