concoct

• vt. 捏造；混合而制；调合；图谋

con-, 强调。-coct, 来自cook的过去分词。即放在一起煎煮的，熬制。

1. make a concoction (of) by mixing

2. prepare or cook by mixing ingredients;

"concoct a strange mixture"

3. of charges

4. devise or invent;

"He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"

"no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

concoct

concoct: [16] To concoct an excuse is the same, etymologically, as to ‘cook’ one up. The word concoct comes from the past participle of Latin concoquere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and coquere ‘cook’. This was a derivative of the noun coquus ‘cook’, which was the source of English cook. The Latin verb developed several figurative senses, including ‘digest food’ and ‘reflect on something in the mind’, but ‘fabricate’ seems to be an English creation (first recorded in the late 18th century), developed from an earlier ‘make by mixing ingredients’.
=> cook

concoct (v.)

1530s, "to digest," from Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere "to digest; to boil together, prepare; to consider well," from com- "together" (see com-) + coquere "to cook" (see cook (n.)). Meaning "to prepare an edible thing" is from 1670s. First expanded metaphorically beyond cooking 1792. Related: Concocted; concocting.

The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish.

这种汤是用多达十几种不同的鱼熬制而成的。

牛津词典

She concocted some elaborate story to explain her absence.

她精心编造了解释她不在场的一些谎言。

牛津词典

Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.

弗格森先生说犯人捏造了这件事儿以求轻判。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Eugene was concocting Rossini Cocktails from champagne and pureed raspberries.

尤金当时正在用香槟和覆盆子酱调配罗西尼鸡尾酒。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a specially concocted massage oil.

特制按摩精油

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I began to concoct explanations of my own.

我开始思考自己的解释.

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The fundamental principle of the technology and the development of concoct food are introduced.

介绍了栅栏技术的基本原理和调理食品的发展.

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And they had taken me so long to concoct.

我花了好长时间编造这些谎言.

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I gave her a tip on how to concoct a new kind of soup.

我教她配制一种新汤的诀窍.

辞典例句

How did the inventive chef ever concoct such strange dish?

怎么发明的厨师都编造这种奇怪的菜?

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He concoct an excuse for be late.

他为迟到编造理由.

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The second part, based on different forms, understand what means to concoct purpose.

第二部分, 基于不同的形式, 了解运用哪些手段达到造假目的.

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It was the least controversial, most insipid topic I could concoct.

这是我能够编出来的最没有争议, 也最没意思的一个主题.

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