| 单词 | concoct |
| 释义 | concoct —concocter, concoctor, n. —concoctive, adj. /kon kokt", keuhn-/, v.t. 1. to prepare or make by combining ingredients, esp. in cookery: to concoct a meal from leftovers. 2. to devise; make up; contrive: to concoct an excuse. [1525-35; < L concoctus (ptp. of concoquere to cook together), equiv. to con- CON- + coc-, var. s. of coquere to boil, COOK1 (akin to Gk péptein; see PEPSIN, PEPTIC) + -tus ptp. ending] Syn. 2. invent, fabricate, hatch. |
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