Tra từ mix - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mix [mix mixes mixed mixing] verb, noun BrE [mɪks] NAmE [mɪks]
verb

COMBINE
1. intransitive, transitive if two or more substances mix or you mix them, they combine, usually in a way that means they cannot easily be separated
• Oil and water do not mix.
•~ with sth Oil does not mix with water.
•~ A and B (together) Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
•If you mix blue and yellow, you get green.
•~ A with B I don't like to mix business with pleasure (= combine social events with doing business).
2. transitive to prepare sth by combining two or more different substances
•~ sth With this range of paints, you can mix your own colours.
•~ sth for sb Why don't you mix a cocktail for our guests?
•~ sb sth Why don't you mix our guests a cocktail?
3. intransitive if two or more things, people or activities do not mix, they are likely to cause problems or danger if they are combined
• Children and fireworks don't mix.

MEET PEOPLE
4. intransitive ~ (with sb) to meet and talk to different people, especially at social events
Syn: ↑socialize
• They don't mix much with the neighbours.
• We've worked together for years but never mixed socially.

MUSIC/SOUNDS
5. transitive ~ sth (technical)to combine different recordings of voices and/or instruments to produce a single piece of music
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: back-formation from ↑mixed (taken as a past participle).

Thesaurus:
mix verb T, I
•Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
blend • • combine • • stir • • beat • • whip • • whisk • |written mingle •
Opp: separate
mix/blend/combine/mingle (sth) with sth
mix/blend/stir/beat/whisk/mingle (sth) into sth
mix/blend/stir/beat/whisk/mingle (A and B) together
Mix or blend? If you blend things when you are cooking you usually combine them more completely than if you just mix them.

Synonyms:
mix
stir • mingle • blend
These words all refer to substances, qualities, ideas or feelings combining or being combined.
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: ▪ Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. ◇ ▪ Oil and water do not mix.
stir • to move a liquid or substance around, using a spoon or sth similar, in order to mix it thoroughly: ▪ She stirred her tea.
mingle • to combine or be combined. 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: ▪ The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. ◇ ▪ He felt a kind of happiness mingled with regret.
blend • to mix two or more substances or flavours together; to be mixed together: ▪ Blend the flour with the milk to make a smooth paste.
mix or 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’.
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 ingredients
to mix/mingle/blend flavours
to mix/blend colours
mixed/mingled feelings
to mix/stir/blend sth thoroughly/well/gently

Example Bank:
•Different races mixed freely at dance halls and clubs.
•Mix all the ingredients together thoroughly.
•Mix yellow with blue to make green.
•She mixed happily with the other children.
•These pills won't mix well with alcohol.
•They had attended university together and often mixed socially.
•When the rice is cooked, gently mix in all the other ingredients.
•a child who mixes well at school
•Children and fireworks don't mix.
•Grief mixed with fear and rage as the people surveyed the ruins of their homes.
•I don't like to mix business with pleasure.
Idioms: ↑mix and match ▪ ↑mix it ▪ mixed up in something ▪ mixed up with somebody
Derived: ↑mix somebody up ▪ ↑mix something in ▪ ↑mix something into something ▪ ↑mix something to something ▪ ↑mix something up

noun

COMBINATION
1. countable, usually singular a combination of different people or things
Syn: ↑blend
•a school with a good social mix of children
• The town offers a fascinating mix of old and new.
•a pair of wool mix socks (= made of wool and other materials)
2. countable, uncountable a combination of things that you need to make sth, often sold as a powder to which you add water, etc
•a cake mix
•cement mix

IN POPULAR MUSIC
3. countable = ↑remix
4. singular the particular way that instruments and voices are arranged in a piece of music
5. countable an arrangement of several songs or pieces of music into one continuous piece, especially for dancing

Word Origin:
late Middle English: back-formation from ↑mixed (taken as a past participle).

Example Bank:
•Plant the seedlings in well-drained potting mix.
•The college has a broad mix of students.
•The mix contains soil, peat, and sand.
•The movie's sound mix is excellent.
•The new Oak Hill development offers a mix of housing.
•The precise mix will vary.
•They have created a unique mix of sounds.
•a box of cake mix
•a party with just the right mix of people
•an eclectic mix of theatrical styles
•It's a school with a good social and ethnic mix of children.
•The mortar mix should be one part cement to two parts sand.

See also: ↑mix it up