concoct

英 [kənˈkɒkt]

美 [kənˈkɑːkt]

v.  调制，调合，配制(尤指食物或饮料); 虚构，杜撰，编造(故事、借口等)

过去分词：concocted　现在分词：concocting　过去式：concocted　第三人称单数：concocts　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18448 / COCA.12403

牛津词典

verb

• 调制，调合，配制（尤指食物或饮料）
  to make sth, especially food or drink, by mixing different things
  1. 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。
• 虚构，杜撰，编造（故事、借口等）
  to invent a story, an excuse, etc.
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 编造;捏造
  If youconcoctan excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
  1. 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。
• VERB 调制，调配(尤指不寻常之物)
  If youconcoctsomething, especially something unusual, you make it by mixing several things together.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a specially concocted massage oil.
     特制按摩精油

英英释义

verb

• make a concoction (of) by mixing
• devise or invent
  1. He thought up a plan to get rich quickly
  2. no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
  Synonym:think upthink ofdream uphatch
• invent
  1. trump up charges
  Synonym:trump up
• prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
  1. concoct a strange mixture
  Synonym:cook up

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