concoct
英語[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
源自拉丁語 concoctiō (「消化」)，源自con- (「一起」)和coquō (「烹煮」)。
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動詞[編輯]
concoct (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 concocts，現在分詞 concocting，一般過去時及過去分詞 concocted)
- 混合調製，混合調配
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], 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), […]
- (比喻義) 謀劃，策劃，圖謀；捏造
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], 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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- (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 […]
- 1703, Thomas Gibson, The Anatomy of Humane Bodies Epitomized, page 297: