| 单词 | concoct |
| 释义 | concoct (once / 1793 pages) v When you concoct something, you mix up different ingredients. If you want to become a mad scientist or a wizard, you'll have to learn how to concoct strange potions. If the word concoction makes you think of steaming caldrons or liquids bubbling in test tubes, you’ll be amused to know that it comes from a Latin word for “digestion.” Yum! On summer days, children sometimes concoct imaginative stews from grass, leaves and dirt. They may also concoct lies to explain why they tried feeding such concoctions to their little sister. WORD FAMILYconcoct: concocted, concocting, concoction, concocts+/concoction: concoctions USAGE EXAMPLESPharmaceutical companies want genetic information to concoct powerful new drugs. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The fictional character was concocted by two employees at the library, complete with a false address and driver’s license number. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) In a 1975 interview with The Miami Herald, Mr. Adams recalled the genesis of his first book, as a story he concocted for his daughters. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1v make a concoction (of) by mixing Hyper amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify to bring or combine together or with something else 2v prepare or cook by mixing ingredients concoct a strange mixture Syn|Hyper cook up cook, fix, make, prepare, ready prepare for eating by applying heat 3v invent Syn|Hyper trump up cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture make up something artificial or untrue 4v devise or invent Syn|Hypo|Hyper dream up, hatch, think of, think up idealise, idealize form ideals cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacturemake up something artificial or untrue mythologise, mythologizeconstruct a myth confabulateunconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory trump upinvent spinmake up a story vamp, vamp upmake up create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
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