concoct

verb
🔊/kənˈkɒkt/
🔊/kənˈkɑːkt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they concoct
🔊/kənˈkɒkt/
🔊/kənˈkɑːkt/
he / she / it concocts
🔊/kənˈkɒkts/
🔊/kənˈkɑːkts/
past simple concocted
🔊/kənˈkɒktɪd/
🔊/kənˈkɑːktɪd/
past participle concocted
🔊/kənˈkɒktɪd/
🔊/kənˈkɑːktɪd/
-ing form concocting
🔊/kənˈkɒktɪŋ/
🔊/kənˈkɑːktɪŋ/
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  1. concoct something to make something, especially food or drink, by mixing different things调制,调合,配制(尤指食物或饮料)
    • 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。🔊🔊
  2. concoct something to invent a story, an excuse, etc. or create a plan, especially for a dishonest purpose 虚构,杜撰,编造(故事、借口等)synonym cook up, make up
    • She concocted some elaborate story to explain her absence.她精心编造了解释她缺席的一些谎言。🔊🔊
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin concoct-, literally ‘cooked together’, from concoquere. The original sense was ‘refine metals or minerals by heating’, later ‘cook’.