词源

源自拉丁語 (“消化”)，源自 (“一起”)和 (“烹煮”)。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/kənˈkɒkt/, [kʰəŋˈkʰɒkt]

• （美国）音频：

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动词

(第三人稱單數簡單現在時，現在分詞，一般過去時及過去分詞)

1. 混合调制，混合调配

   近義詞： 、

   to concoct a potion

   调和药水

   to concoct a new dish

   调配一道新菜

   • 1834, ], 章號 IX, 出自 Francesca Carrara. […], 卷 II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC，頁號 103:

     Their only regret was, that Mademoiselle Carrara would taste none of the conserves and the pastry they were so busily concocting.

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   • 2007, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Well of Tears: Book Two of The Crowthistle Chronicles, Tor Books, →ISBN:

     Pecan shells make good fuel, and they are used by leather tanners to concoct their foul-smelling compounds, and sometimes we mix them with charcoal in hand-soap to make a really good scrubbing agent

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   • 2014, Lisa Howard, Healthier Gluten-Free, Fair Winds Press (MA) (ISBN 9781592335985), page 171:

     The twelve include Jill (she used to be a chicken-and-potatoes girl, but now she's willing to try whatever I concoct), […]

2. (比喻義) 谋划，策划，图谋；捏造

   近義詞： 、、

   to concoct a cunning plan

   制定一个狡猾的计划

   • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of ], 章號 XXVI, 出自 Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], 卷 II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC，頁號 34:

     On the other hand, the finest argument ever concocted, the concentrated wisdom drawn from men and books, will fail to charm, like the hilarity of a dance, or the splendour of a gala, the young, gay girl, whose spirits are exuberant, and whose heart is untouched by care, and who, a dozen years afterwards, would, in calm cheerfulness, listen lovingly, and examine carefully, the pleaded reasons offered to her judgment.

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   • 2005, Jean Ferris, Into the Wind: Part One, iUniverse, →ISBN，頁號 161:

     He had two beautiful daughters who fell in love with men he approved of and he wanted to give them the most lavish double wedding he could concoct.

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3. (棄用) 消化
   • 1703, Thomas Gibson, The Anatomy of Humane Bodies Epitomized, page 297:

     For the parts of an Embryo are nourished and encreased before it hath a Stomach to concoct any thing, and yet in a perfect Fœtus none can deny that the Stomach does concoct […]