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

• When his Balinese patients come to ketut with serious health or economic or relationship problems, he always asks on which day of the week they were born, in order to concoct the correct prayers and medicines to help them.
  他的巴厘岛病患带着健康、财务或感情问题来找他时，他总是问他们礼拜几出生，以便调配正确的祷文与药方帮助他们。
• 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。
• No matter how much work is put into a framework, there's just no way to make one framework that can handle every possible application a PHP developer can concoct.
  无论在框架中投入多少精力，都没有一种方法可以让一个框架能够处理PHP开发人员可以构建的所有可能的应用程序。
• Secondly, through infrared adsorption analysis and asphalt theory, the paper analyzes the mechanism of asphalt aged and recycled. New asphalt of AH-70 concoct old asphalt under the prerequisite of controlling the proportion of RAP.
  利用红外光谱分析法和沥青理论分析了沥青老化和再生机理，在控制RAP掺量的前提下，采用新沥青AH-70直接调和旧沥青。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Application and Research of Hurdle Technology in Concoct Food
  栅栏技术在调理食品中的应用研究
• 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！