What does "cook up" mean?

To prepare food; to invent a story or plan To make food or to fabricate something.

How do you use "cook up" in a sentence?

What are you cooking up? They cooked up a scheme. He cooked up an excuse.

Phrasal Verb BritishAmericanAustralian ★★★★☆ Common Casual

Meaning: To prepare food; to invent a story or plan

做饭，编造

Cocinar, inventarse algo

料理を作る、でっち上げる

요리를 만들다; 꾸며내다

To make food or to fabricate something.

准备食物，或捏造故事、计划。

Preparar comida o fabricar una historia o plan.

食べ物を作る、または話や計画をでっち上げる。

음식을 만들거나 무언가를 날조하는 것을 의미한다.

Base verb: cook

Particle: up

Separable: Yes — the object can go between the verb and particle

What are you cooking up?
你在做什么？/你在搞什么鬼？
¿Qué estás preparando?/¿Qué estás tramando?
何を作っているの？/何を企んでいるの？
뭘 만들고 있어? / 뭘 꾸미고 있어?
They cooked up a scheme.
他们策划了一个阴谋
Tramaron un plan
彼らは策略を企んだ
그들은 계략을 꾸몄다.
He cooked up an excuse.
他编造了一个借口
Se inventó una excusa
彼は言い訳をでっち上げた
그는 변명을 꾸며냈다.

Context: cooking, scheming

Tone: suspicious

From cooking or concocting.

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal