n.[C]

1. 鸡尾酒
   They drank cocktails before going to the theater.

   他们去戏院前喝了鸡尾酒。

2. （西餐的）开胃品
   The waitress brought Ellen's shrimp cocktail.

   女服务员端来了艾伦的虾制开胃品。

3. 水果杂拌
4. 截短尾巴的马，非纯种马
5. 自以为斯文而实无教养的人
6. 混合物
   I never use a single worm on the hook, preferring a cocktail of worm and maggot.

   我从不单用一只虫作钓饵，而喜欢用虫和蛆的混合物。

n.

1. an alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice.
   ▸ [as modifier] relating to or associated with cocktail drinking or formal social occasions:

   a cocktail dress.
2. a dish consisting of small pieces of food, typically served as an hors d'oeuvre:
   a prawn cocktail.
3. a mixture of substances or factors, especially when dangerous or unpleasant:
   a potent cocktail of drugs.