[with obj.]make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients 配制(饭菜),调制,调和 she began to concoct a dinner likely to appeal to him. 她开始烹制很可能会使他喜欢的饭菜。 ■create or devise (a story or plan) 编造,虚构(故事);策划(计划,设计) his cronies concocted a simple plan. 他的好友们制定了一个简单的计划。
派生 concocter noun 语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin concoct-, literally 'cooked together', from concoquere. The original sense was 'refine or purify metals or minerals by heating', later 'cook'