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語源

From 中期英語, borrowed from Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misceō (“mix”); compare mix.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɪkstʃə/
• (General American) enPR: mĭksʹchər, IPA: /ˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/
• ハイフネーション: mix‧ture

名詞

mixture (countable and uncountable, plural mixtures)

1. The act of mixing.

   The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.

2. Something produced by mixing.

   Synonym: amalgam

   An alloy is a mixture of two metals.

3. Something that consists of diverse elements.

   The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.

4. A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution

   A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals

5. (music) A compound organ stop.
6. A cloth of variegated colouring.
7. (India, Sri Lanka) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.

派生語

関連する語

• mix
• mixer

Further reading

• “mixture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “mixture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.