mixed

• adj. 混合的；形形色色的；弄糊涂的
• v. 混合；弄混（mix的过去式和过去分词）

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. There has been a very mixed reaction to the decision.

对于这个决定的反应非常不一致。

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2. He mixed business and pleasure in a perfect and dynamic way.

他以互动的方式将工作和娱乐完美地结合起来。

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3. Foods and fluids are mixed in the stomach by its muscular contractions.

通过胃部肌肉的收缩食物和流质在胃中混合。

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4. How could David be mixed up in a murder?

戴维怎么会卷进一宗谋杀案呢？

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5. As a hangover from rationing, they mixed butter and margarine.

作为食品配给制的一种遗留影响，他们总把黄油和人造黄油混在一起吃。

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