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单词 think something up
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to invent or devise
`Where did you get that idea?' – `I just thought it up.'
Synonyms
devise
We devised a scheme to help him.
create
He's creating a whole new language of painting.
imagine
He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.
manufacture
He said the allegations were manufactured on the flimsiest evidence.
come up with
invent
He invented the first electric clock.
contrive
The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.
improvise
If you don't have a wok, improvise one.
visualize
concoct
He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.
dream up
trump up
See think
Seedream something up

Nearby words of
think something up

  • think much of or a lot of something or someone
  • think nothing of something
  • think something over
  • think something up
  • think the world of someone
  • thinkable
  • thinker

Synonyms of 'think something up'

think something up

Additional synonyms

in the sense of imagine
Definition
to form a mental image of
He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.
Synonyms
envisage,
see,
picture,
plan,
create,
project,
think of,
scheme,
frame,
invent,
devise,
conjure up,
envision,
visualize,
dream up (informal),
think up,
conceive of,
conceptualize,
fantasize about,
see in the mind's eye,
form a mental picture of,
ideate
in the sense of improvise
Definition
to do or make quickly from whatever is available, without previous planning
If you don't have a wok, improvise one.
Synonyms
devise,
contrive,
make do,
concoct,
throw together
in the sense of invent
Definition
to think up or create (something new)
He invented the first electric clock.
Synonyms
create,
make,
produce,
develop,
design,
discover,
imagine,
manufacture,
generate,
come up with (informal),
coin,
devise,
conceive,
originate,
formulate,
spawn,
contrive,
improvise,
dream up (informal),
concoct,
think up
in the sense of manufacture
Definition
to invent or concoct evidence, an excuse, etc.
He said the allegations were manufactured on the flimsiest evidence.
Synonyms
concoct,
make up,
invent,
devise,
hatch,
fabricate,
think up,
cook up (informal),
trump up
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