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V Concoct Concocted Excuse Kən'kɔkt 调制;捏造 英 调制,捏造

单词 concoct
音标 [kən'kɔkt]
解释 v. 调制;捏造
红宝书 【英】 v. 调制,捏造 (to make by combining various ingredients)
【记】 con+coct=cook(烹调 )→调制
【同】 派生词: concoction (n. 调配[物],谎言)
【例】 John concocted an excuse for being late.
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 v. (把调料混合在一起)调制; 捏造(谎言)
【例】I concocted an excuse for being late 我编造了一个迟到的籍口.
【记】con共同, coct = cook(v 烹调)-调制
【参】concoction(n 调配物; 谎言)
趣味全助记 【记】源自cook, (把东西弄到)一起cook → 混合调制;cocktail 调制鸡尾酒
【相关】decoct 熬,把水煮沸取之精华;

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