魅力a pair / wooZ mix socfcs (= made of wool and other materials) —双羊毛混纺袜子 2 [C, U] a combin­ation of things that you need to make sth, often sold as a powder to which you add water, etc.配料,混合料 (常为粉状):a cafce mix蛋糕粉◊ cement mix水泥 配料

► IN POPULAR MUSIC 流行音泽3 [C] = REMIX aj. at REMIX 4 [sing.] the particular way that instruments and voices are arranged in a piece of music 混录;混音 5 [C] an arrangement of several songs or pieces of music into one continuous piece, especially for dancing 乐曲组 合卜连奏;,连唱

SYNONYMS同义词辨析 mix

stir • mingle • blend

These words all refer to substances, qualities, ideas or feelings combining or being combined.以上各词均指 物质、品质、想法或情感的混合、掺合、融合。 mix to combine two or more substances, qualities, ideas or feelings, usually in a way that means they cannot easily be separated; to be combined in this way指(使)两种或以上物质、品质、想法或情感等 混合、,掺合、徹合' Mix all the ingredients together in tow/.把所有的配料放在碗里,搅和一下。◊ 0/7 om/ water cto not m/i油和水不相融。 stir to move a liquid or substance around, using a spoon or sth similar, in order to mix it thoroughly 指 搅动、搅和、搅拌(液体或物质> :Shest/>redher 她搅了搅茶。

'..minge to combine or be combined 指(使)混合.、 掺合^..融合Mingle can be used to talk about sounds, colours, feelings, ideas, qualities or substances. It is used in written English to talk about how a scene or event appears to sb or how they experience it. * mingle <免以指声音、颜色、

情感、想法、品质或物质等交织在一起,用于书面 英语表示对某一场景或事件的感受或经历sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening fl/>.笑声和歌声交织在夜空中◊ He /e/f a /r/nd / /7fl/?p/‘ness m/'/ig/ed w/fh      他感到既高兴又

遗憾。

blend to mix two or more substances or flavours together; to be mixed together 指(使)两种或以上 物质或味道混合、掺食:所f/je//owr vwf/7 f/7e m/W: to      a smoopaste.把面粉和牛奶调成均勻的

面糊。

MIX OR BLEND? mix 还是 blend ?

If you blend things when you are cooking you usually combine them more completely than if you just mix them. Mix can be used to talk about colours, feelings or qualities as well as food and substances. In this meaning blend is mostly used in the context of cooking. It is also used to talk about art, music, fashion, etc. with the meaning of 'combine in an attractive way’.烹饪时用blend表示把各种材料完全掺 和到一起,用mix只表示将这些东西混合在一起。mix 可指将食物、物质混合在一起,也可指颜色、情感、品 质融合在一起。在这一含义中,blend主要用于烹饪语 境。blend亦可用以表示艺术、音乐、时尚等融合和 b调。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS

                  to mix/mingle/blend (sth) with sth

                  to mix/stir/mingle/blend sth into sth

                  to mix/stir/mingle/blend sth together

                  to mix/stir/blend sth thoroughly/well/gently

                  to mix/stir/blend ingredients

                  to mix/mingle/blend flavours

                  to mix/blend colours

mixed/mingled feelings

mixed Ow /mikst/ adj.

1 having both good and bad qualities or feelings 混合 的;混杂的The weather has been ve/y mixed recentZy. *近天气启、是阴晴不定。◊ / sriH have mixed /eeKn«s about going to Brazil (= I am not sure what to think). ^ 不去巴西,我仍然拿不定主意。orheptoywasgivena mixed reception by the critics (= some liked it, some did not).剧评人对这出戏的评价毁誉参半。◊ British athletes had mixed fortunes in yesterday's competition. M 国运动员在昨天的比赛中有输有贏。2 [only before noun] consisting of different kinds of people, for example, people from different races and cultures 人员混杂兩; 由不同种族的人组成的:a mixed community凄文也的社 区: / mixed race 不同种族的乂 ◊ a mixed

marriage (= between two people of different races or religions)异族(或异}通婚 3 [only before noun] consisting of different types of the same thing 混合的; 掺杂在一起的a mixed saiad 什锦色拉 4 [usually before noun] of or for both males and females 男女混杂的;男 女混合的:a mixed schoo男女同校的_◊ fd rather not taifc about ft in mixed company.在男女混杂的场合,

我不愿意谈论这件事。

.mixed-ability adj. [usually before noun] with or for students who have different levels of ability 学生能力不

一的;为各种水平的学生的a mixed-abtoy doss学生 能力水平不一&班级◊ mixed-abiia teaching针对能力参 考不齐^学生的教学

,mixed 'bag noun [sing.] (informal) a collection of things or people of very different types 混合体;;大杂絵 ,mixed 'blessing noun [usually sing.] something that has advantages and disadvantages利弊并存之事;祸福参半

之事

.mixed 'doubles noun [u+sing./pl. v.] (in tennis, etc. 网球等a game in which a man and a woman play together against another man and woman 混合双打 .mixed e'conomy noun an economic system in a country in which some companies are owned by the state and some are private混合经济(国有与私营企业并 f的经^体系i

.mixed 'farming noun [U] a system of farming in which farmers both grow crops and keep animals (耕种和畜

$的)混合农业

.mixed 'grill noun (6rE) a hot dish of different types of meat and vegetables tliat have been grilled 烤条排a mixed grill of bacon, sausages, tomatoes and mush- pomsi咸熏肉、香肠、番茄和蘑菇做成的烤杂排 .mixed 'metaphor noun a combination of two or more metaphors or idioms that produces a ridiculous effect, for example, *He put his foot down with a firm h^and.’g合隐喻;多重隐喻

.mixed 'number noun [mathematics a number consisting of a whole number and a proper fraction, for example 3 Vi 带分数

.mixed-'up adj. {informal) confused because of mental, emotionai or social probiems糊涂的;迷惑不解的;头 脑不清楚的:a mixed-up fcid/teenager迷左的余子/

劣年

mixer /'miks0(r)/ noun 1 a machine or device used for mixing things搅拌器;混合器a/ood mixer食物搅拌 ^ (6r£) a mixer tap (= one in which hot and cold water can be mixed together before it comes out of the pipe)热水混合龙头see also cement mixer —picture on next page 2 a drink such as fruit juice that is not alcoholic and that can be mixed with alcohol 调酒用的饮料tow-catorfe mixers低热量调酒配料 3 {technical 7|t i§) a device used for mixing together different sound or picture signals in order to produce a single sound or picture; a person whose job is to operate this device(或图像)混合器;声音(或图 f秦)混合操作员 n»!Bl a good/bad mixer a person who finds it easy/difficult to talk to people they do not know, for example at a party 擅长 / ||长交际的人 'mixing bowl noun a large bowl for mixing food in (混合食物的 > 大碗,海碗picture o page 11'mixing desk noun a piece of electronic equipment for mixing sounds, used especially when recording music