concocted
past simple and past participle ofconcoct
| 单词 | concocted |
| 释义 | concocted past simple and past participle ofconcoct concoct verb[T] uk/kənˈkɒkt/us/kənˈkɑːkt/to make something, usuallyfood, byaddingseveral differentpartstogether, often in a way that isoriginalor notplanned: He concocted the mostamazingdishfrom allsortsofleftoverfood. toinventanexcuse,explanation, orstoryinordertodeceivesomeone: He concocted astoryaboutworkinglate at theoffice. Preparing food
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Mixing and mixtures Lies, lying & hypocrisy Examplesofconcoctedconcocted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Accordingly, the regimeconcoctedits own solution to the consumption problem. From theCambridge English Corpus In her panic to get away with it to parents - who are useless - sheconcoctedthe story. From theCambridge English Corpus You have to have some dialogue that isconcoctedand some genuinely communicative situations as well. From theCambridge English Corpus Anecdotes made up the basic elements in all sorts of illegal literature, and they could beconcoctedin endless combinations. From theCambridge English Corpus To seize these hastilyconcoctedand untried preparations after discovery of their lethal effect, or to prosecute the manufacturer criminally, is not enough. From theCambridge English Corpus Enacting this law was a sick social experimentconcoctedby shortsighted criminologists and votehungry lawmakers. From theCambridge English Corpus There were so many suspicions that my sonconcoctedthe story for some reason best known to himself. From theCambridge English Corpus It does not even matter whether the discomfort predicated by want is real orconcoctedby a consumer society that promotes the idea of inadequacy to sell more product. From theCambridge English Corpus And what is perfume, in the first place, but a de-odorant, designed to mask with an artificiallyconcoctedsweetness the odours of the real body beneath? From theCambridge English Corpus That is the potionconcoctedby druids to cure all the ills of our economy at a stroke and without effort. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We know that it wasconcoctedin a short space of time in a country retreat or elsewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He used another curious phrase and said that it had beenconcoctedin another place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Its provisions wereconcoctedsecretly and without consultation with the administrative bodies who will be compelled to operate it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a specific which can beconcoctedout of a formula however carefully the formula may be prepared. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It isconcoctedhere; and that makes it worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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