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

• Concoct a strange mixture. a curious ( queer) mixture
  调制一种奇怪的混合物。奇妙（不可思议）的混合
• We may embellish a story, forget a word of the song, adapt an old technology or concoct a new theory out of old ideas.
  我们也许会给听来的故事添枝加叶、忘记一首歌里的一个字、改造旧技术、以老点子发明新理论。
• I give her a tip on how to concoct a new kind of soup
  我教她配制一种新汤的诀窍
• 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。
• 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。
• Concoct a strange mixture.
  调制一种奇怪的混合物。
• But I'm going to need your help to concoct a story that will help me save face!
  但你得帮我编造个故事，好给我留点脸面！
• 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。
• Christmas awaited us in the county town of Jianhe, swhereswe had asked friends to send a few special items to help us concoct some sort of celebration.
  圣诞节在贵州省剑河县等待着我们，我们已经让朋友们把几样圣诞节物品寄到了那里，那些物品能帮我们安排一些庆祝仪式。
• He maintains that in order to suit the needs of deepening the anti-terrorist war, the Bush administration is stepping up to concoct the "Preemptive" Strategy aiming at striking "terrorists" and "evil power".
  为适应不断深入的反恐战争的需要，布什政府正在加紧炮制以恐怖分子和邪恶政权为主要打击对象的先发制人战略。