concoct

动词 concoct:

1. make a concoction (of) by mixing
2. prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
   同义词：cook up
3. invent
   同义词：trump up
4. devise or invent
   同义词：think up, think of, dream up, hatch

1. One wonders also why Nature, with some snakes concocted poison of such extreme potency.
   人们也不知道大自然为何在一些蛇身上调制出这样高效的毒液来。
2. She'd concocted some unlikely tale about the train being cancelled.
   她胡编了一通瞎话，说什麽那班火车给取消了。

con.coct

v.tr.（及物动词）
con.coct.ed,con.coct.ing,con.cocts
To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking.
调制：把调料混合在一起调制，例如在烹调中
To devise, using skill and intelligence; contrive:
策划：用技巧或智慧设计；谋划：
例句：
concoct a mystery story.
编造一个神话故事

来源：
Latin concoquere concoct- [to boil together]
拉丁语 concoquere concoct- [一起煮]
com- [com-]
com- [前缀，表.一起.]
coquere [to cook] * see pek w-
coquere [烹调] *参见 pek w-

【引伸】
concoct.er 或
concoc.tor
n.（名词）
concoc.tion
n.（名词）