| 单词 | make something up |
| 释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to devise or compose, sometimes with the intent to deceive She made up stories about him. Synonyms invent He invented the first electric clock. create He's creating a whole new language of painting. construct The boxes should be constructed from rough-sawn timber. compose He started at once to compose a reply to her letter. write She wrote articles for magazines in Paris. frame A convention was set up to frame a constitution. manufacture He said the allegations were manufactured on the flimsiest evidence. coin The phrase `cosmic ray' was coined by R. A. Millikan in 1925. devise We devised a scheme to help him. hatch They hatched a plot to get their own back. originate No-one knows who originated this story. formulate He formulated his plan for escape. dream up fabricate All four claim that the evidence against them is fabricated. concoct He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. cook up (informal) trump up Additional synonymsin the sense of coin Definition to invent (a new word or phrase) The phrase `cosmic ray' was coined by R. A. Millikan in 1925. Synonyms invent, create, make up, frame, forge, conceive, originate, formulate, fabricate, think up in the sense of compose Definition to create (a musical or literary work) He started at once to compose a reply to her letter. Synonyms create, write, produce, imagine, frame, invent, devise, contrive, indite in the sense of concoct Definition to invent or make up (a story or plan) He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. Synonyms make up, design, prepare, manufacture, plot, invent, devise, brew, hatch, formulate, contrive, fabricate, think up, cook up (informal), trump up, projectNearby words of |
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