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单词 concoctor
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•coct /kənˈkɑkt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object]
  1. to prepare by combining ingredients:to concoct a meal from leftovers.
  2. to make up; invent:to concoct an excuse.
con•coct•er, con•coc•tor, n. [countable]
con•coc•tion /kənˈkɑkʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]made up some weird concoction for me to drink.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•coct  (kon kokt, kən-),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to prepare or make by combining ingredients, esp. in cookery:to concoct a meal from leftovers.
  2. to devise;
    make up;
    contrive:to concoct an excuse.
  • Latin concoctus (past participle of concoquere to cook together), equivalent. to con- con- + coc-, variant stem of coquere to boil, cook1 (akin to Greek péptein; see pepsin, peptic) + -tus past participle ending
  • 1525–35
con•cocter, con•coctor, n. 
con•coctive, adj. 
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged invent, fabricate, hatch.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
concoct /kənˈkɒkt/ vb (transitive)
  1. to make by combining different ingredients
  2. to invent; make up; contrive
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin concoctus cooked together, from concoquere, from coquere to cook

conˈcocter, conˈcoctor n
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