concoct

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第三人稱單數:?concocts;過去式:?concocted;過去分詞:?concocted;現在分詞:?concocting;

concoct 配制

con-, 強調。-coct, 來自cook的過去分詞。即放在一起煎煮的，熬制。

concoct: concoct: [16] To concoct an excuse is the same, etymologically, as to ‘cook’ one up. The word concoct comes from the past participle of Latin concoquere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and coquere ‘cook’. This was a derivative of the noun coquus ‘cook’, which was the source of English cook. The Latin verb developed several figurative senses, including ‘digest food’ and ‘reflect on something in the mind’, but ‘fabricate’ seems to be an English creation (first recorded in the late 18th century), developed from an earlier ‘make by mixing ingredients’.
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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.

3. How did the inventive chef ever concoct such strange dish?: 怎么發明的廚師都編造這種奇怪的菜?

4. It was the least controversial, most insipid topic I could concoct.: 這是我能夠編出來的最沒有爭議, 也最沒意思的一個主題.