Phrase
cooking up
verb
通过烹饪或加热准备(食物或化学物质)。
cooking up is the present participle of cook up.
- 1.
To prepare (food or chemical substances) by cooking or heating.
通过烹饪或加热准备(食物或化学物质)。
- 2.
To manufacture; to invent (something, often a deceit or falsehood); to counterfeit (something).
制造；发明(某物,通常是欺骗或谎言)；伪造(某物)。
- 3.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cook, up.
除了比喻或习语用法外:参见 cook, up。
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
In use
He cooked up an excuse for missing the appointment.
She is cooking up a story to explain the broken window.
The child cooks up a different reason every time he is late.
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。
cook + noun phrase + up
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。
Common mistakes
He cooked up a delicious meal.He cooked a delicious meal.
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- cooks up
- third person singular
- cooked up
- past, past participle
- cooking up
- present participle
Learner notes
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