cook up

英 [kʊk ʌp]

美 [kʊk ʌp]

策划，谋划（阴谋等）; 捏造; 编造

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 策划，谋划(阴谋等)
If someonecooks upa dishonest scheme, they plan it.
1. He must have cooked up his scheme on the spur of the moment.
  他肯定是一时冲动策划了这个阴谋。
PHRASAL VERB 捏造;编造
If someonecooks upan explanation or a story, they make it up.
1. She'll cook up a convincing explanation.
  她会编造一个很有说服力的解释。
PHRASAL VERB 煮熟，烧熟，做好(尤指丰盛的饭菜)
If youcook upa quantity of food, especially a large quantity, you heat it until it is ready to be eaten.
1. Hot food is available, though the prisoners have to cook it up themselves...
  可以吃到热饭热菜，不过犯人们必须自己煮。
2. He used to cook up great cauldrons of pasta.
  他以前常常煮几大锅的意大利面。

verb

make up something artificial or untrue
Synonym:fabricatemanufacturemake upinvent
prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
1. concoct a strange mixture
Synonym:concoct

I had to cook up an excuse about my long delay.
我得编个理由解释自己为什么耽搁了这么久。
She'll cook up a convincing explanation.
她会编造一个很有说服力的解释。
She can cook up delicious kiddie snacks, but not full-course meals.
她能烹制小孩的美味点心，但不是完整的一餐。
They would ask their friends to call them and cook up some excuse to leave.
他们会让他们朋友打电话给自己，编造一些借口离开。
If the police catch us, shall we be able to cook up a story?
如果警察抓住我们，我们能编出一套瞎话来吗？
They cook up proteins that go back into the nucleus, where they are reassembled into baby viruses.
他们料理那些会回到细胞核的蛋白质，在细胞核它们被重新组合成宝宝病毒。
She can cook up any meal, but needs a complete and detailed recipe.
她会做各种各样的饭菜，但是需要完整而详细的菜圃。
We fear we might fail and that fear leads us to cook up stories about why you can't have what you want.
我们担心我们可能失败，这种担心使我们伪造了关于为什么我们得不到我们想要的故事。
He must have cooked up his scheme on the spur of the moment.
他肯定是一时冲动策划了这个阴谋。
Hot food is available, though the prisoners have to cook it up themselves
可以吃到热饭热菜，不过犯人们必须自己煮。