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cook up + noun phrase
名词短语表示编造的事物，如借口、故事、计划等。
He cooked up an elaborate excuse for being late.
他编造了一个精心设计的迟到借口。
通过烹饪或加热准备(食物或化学物质)。
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通过烹饪或加热准备(食物或化学物质)。；制造；发明(某物,通常是欺骗或谎言)；伪造(某物)。；除了比喻或习语用法外:参见 cook, up。；伪造；虚构
To prepare (food or chemical substances) by cooking or heating.
He cooked up an elaborate excuse for being late.
他编造了一个精心设计的迟到借口。
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通过烹饪或加热准备(食物或化学物质)。
To prepare (food or chemical substances) by cooking or heating.
制造；发明(某物,通常是欺骗或谎言)；伪造(某物)。
To manufacture; to invent (something, often a deceit or falsehood); to counterfeit (something).
除了比喻或习语用法外:参见 cook, up。
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cook, up.
He cooked up an excuse for missing the appointment.
他编造了一个错过约会的借口。
She is cooking up a story to explain the broken window.
她正在编造一个故事来解释窗户是怎么破的。
The child cooks up a different reason every time he is late.
这个孩子每次迟到都会编造一个不同的理由。
名词短语表示编造的事物，如借口、故事、计划等。
He cooked up an elaborate excuse for being late.
他编造了一个精心设计的迟到借口。
短语动词可分离，宾语放在 cook 和 up 之间。
She cooked a wild story up to avoid punishment.
她编造了一个离谱的故事来逃避惩罚。
Not this
He cooked up a delicious meal.
Use this
He cooked a delicious meal.
‘cook up’ 在此上下文中指‘伪造、虚构’，而非字面‘烹饪’。表示‘做饭’时直接用 ‘cook’，不加 ‘up’（除非口语化表达‘匆忙做好’，但此处与词典义无关）。
Not this
He cooked up on a story to excuse his lateness.
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He cooked up a story to excuse his lateness.
‘cook up’ 是及物动词短语，后直接跟宾语，不需要介词 ‘on’。错误原因是受汉语‘编造（故事）’中‘造’字可能产生的介词联想，或混淆了 ‘work on’ 等结构。
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