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.
实用例句
1. I gave her a tip on how to concoct a new kind of soup.
我教她配制一种新汤的诀窍.
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2. And they had taken me so long to concoct.
我花了好长时间编造这些谎言.
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3. How did the inventive chef ever concoct such strange dish?
怎么发明的厨师都编造这种奇怪的菜?
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4. It was the least controversial, most insipid topic I could concoct.
