cook up

釋義

1. cook sth up

   捏造；偽造；編造

   to invent sth, especially in order to trick sb

   to cook up a story編造故事

電影裡這樣說 · 26 部

• You and Howard ought to cook up a picture.The Aviator2004
• I think he just wants to see one cook up close.The Green Mile1999
• What kind of dinosaur they cooked up in that lab.Jurassic World2015
• So I cooked up and she got a hit.Trainspotting1996
• Jack would not tell me what story he'd cook up to explain his possession of the letters.Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018
• I did not cook anything up. I had a source.Runaway Bride1999
• Sounds like something you'd cook up, am I right? Huh?Miracle Mile1989
• That lamebrain freeway idea could only be cooked up by a Toon.Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988

在完整場景裡學

• 你能原諒我嗎？2018
  • 酒吧裡被舊識搭訕：a dead giveaway（一眼就露餡的破綻）
  • 賣信要現金，求預支被拒：play the game（按圈裡的規矩來）
  • 酒吧裡被追問秘密：Spill the beans（把秘密說出來）

同一詞條的短語

• be cooking with gas
• cook the books
• cook goose
• too many cooks spoil the broth