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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 18448 COCA: 12403

concoct

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con·coct /kənˈkɒkt $ -ˈkɑːkt/ verb [transitiveT]  
1  INVENTto invent a clever story, excuse, or plan, especially in order to deceive someone 编造，捏造，虚构
 John concocted an elaborate excuse for being late.
约翰为迟到编造了一个巧妙的借口。
2  MAKEto make something, especially food or drink, by mixing different things, especially things that are not usually combined 〔尤指用不常混合的材料〕配制〔食物或饮料〕，调配；拼凑
 Jean concocted a great meal from the leftovers.
琼用剩菜剩饭做了一顿美餐。
Examples from the Corpus
concoct• Many thanks for concocting a circular for's Edinburgh week-end.• Whenever I had a cold, my grandmother would concoct a remedy out of herbs, ginger, lemons and garlic.• For the party, they had concocted a special cocktail containing, among other things, rum and vodka.• Lawyers claim that she's a nut who's concocted a story of date rape.• But Merseyside and Manchester both proved last week that it is possible to concoct high drama without substituting motivation for mutilation.• Most of us were pie-eyed drunk from the boilermakers Doy had been concocting out of palm spirits and San Miguel.• In medieval times, professional perfumers would concoct personal scents for their clients from six to eight special ingredients.• Debbie started the business by concocting recipes in her kitchen.• If visitors ask him how he concocted the maze, he tells them straight-faced that he relied upon GPSthe Global Positioning System.
Origin concoct
(1500-1600) Latin past participle of concoquere “to cook together”, from com- ( → COM-) + coquere “to cook”
con·coct verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 18448 COCA: 12403
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 18448 COCA: 12403
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 18448 COCA: 12403

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