concoct: [16] To concoct an excuse is the same, etymologically, as to ‘cook’ one up. The word concoct comes from the past participle of Latin concoquere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and coquere ‘cook’. This was a derivative of the noun coquus ‘cook’, which was the source of English cook. The Latin verb developed several figurative senses, including ‘digest food’ and ‘reflect on something in the mind’, but ‘fabricate’ seems to be an English creation (first recorded in the late 18th century), developed from an earlier ‘make by mixing ingredients’. => cook
concoct (v.)
1530s, "to digest," from Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere "to digest; to boil together, prepare; to consider well," from com- "together" (see com-) + coquere "to cook" (see cook (n.)). Meaning "to prepare an edible thing" is from 1670s. First expanded metaphorically beyond cooking 1792. Related: Concocted; concocting.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. I gave her a tip on how to concoct a new kind of soup.
我教她配制一種新湯的訣竅.
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2. And they had taken me so long to concoct.
我花了好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間編造這些謊言.
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3. How did the inventive chef ever concoct such strange dish?
怎么發(fā)明的廚師都編造這種奇怪的菜?
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4. It was the least controversial, most insipid topic I could concoct.