confectionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /kənˈfɛkʃən/

名詞

confection (複数形 confections)

1. A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

   The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.

2. The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
3. The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.

   The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.

4. (dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
5. (dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
   • 2007, Susan Sizemore, Primal Desires:

     She found a sexy, lacy confection in a lingerie drawer and quickly slipped into it.

6. (pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.

関連する語

• confect
• confectionary
• confectionery
• confectioner
• confectioners' sugar

動詞

confection (三人称単数 現在形 confections, 現在分詞 confectioning, 過去形および過去分詞形 confectioned)

1. To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.