concoct

1. V-T If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true. 编造

Mr. Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. 费格森先生说该囚犯为了获轻罚编造了这个故事。

2. V-T If you concoct something, especially something unusual, you make it by mixing several things together. 调制

Eugene was concocting Rossini Cocktails from champagne and pureed raspberries. 尤金正在用香槟和覆盆子果泥调制罗西尼鸡尾酒。