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

双语例句

• Moreover, in giving the device the name "Put-Outer," JKR did not concoct a clever name.
  此外，鉴于这个装置的名字熄灯器，JKR确实是没有编一个好名字。
• The trick as with any good password was to concoct a gesture complex enough to dupe spies yet simple enough to remember.
  如同所有好的密码一样，手势的关键在于复杂到能骗过窥视的人，但却简单好记。
• Our new house is a perfect home compared to the one we lived in for so many years. It is big, beautiful and can handle any ideas that my dear hubby can concoct.
  与那间居住了多年的老房子相比，我们的新房子很完美&空间大、环境优美，还可以让我亲爱的丈夫将其种种奇思妙想付诸实施。
• And they had taken me so long to concoct.
  我花了好长时间编造这些谎言。
• Kikkoman promoted soy sauce in America by hiring chefs to concoct recipes that incorporated the sauce into classic American dishes.
  随着在美国雇用厨师制作食谱，并在其中把酱油纳入到经典的美国菜里面，龟甲万生产的酱油得到了越来越多人的青睐。
• You can concoct combinations of liquid soap, baking powder, vinegar and water to create safer cleaning products for your home.
  您可以炮制的组合，液体肥皂，烘焙粉，醋和水，创造更安全的清洁产品为您的家用。
• Concoct a strange mixture.
  调制一种奇怪的混合物。
• There was no menu, and the couple were free to concoct the dishes with available raw materials.
  小店没有菜单，夫妇俩根据现有的材料随意搭配。
• 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。
• By hooking up the coffeemaker to a PC and connecting the PC to the Internet, coffee connoisseurs can remotely concoct the perfect cup of coffee.
  通过连接咖啡机到电脑和个人电脑连接到互联网，咖啡鉴赏家可以远程编造的完美一杯咖啡。