concoct

柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典

concoct /kənˈkɒkt/ ( concocting, concocted, concocts )

1.V-T If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true. 編造

2.V-T If you concoct something, especially something unusual, you make it by mixing several things together. 調製 ^[1] 

internal concoct 內調製

concoct fabricate 臆造

fabricate concoct 猶捏造

Concoct Milano 康克特米蘭酒店

concoct address 編造講話

recklessly concoct 胡編 ; 胡編亂造

concoct t 調合 ; 調製 ; 調和 ^[1] 

And they had taken me so long to concoct.

我花了好長時間編造這些謊言。

But I'm going to need your help to concoct a story that will help me save face!

但你得幫我編造個故事，好給我留點臉面！

The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish.

這種湯是用多達十幾種不同的魚熬製而成的。 ^[2] 

詞根

coct= to cook 煮 ^[2] 

con 共同 + coct 煮 → 放到一起煮 → 調製 ^[2]