2PHRASAL VERB 捏造;编造 If someone cooks up an explanation or a story, they make it up. 捏造;编造 [informal] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
She'll cook up a convincing explanation. [VERBPREP. noun]
她会编造一个很有说服力的解释。
3PHRASAL VERB 煮熟,烧熟,做好(尤指丰盛的饭菜) If you cook up a quantity of food, especially a large quantity, you heat it until it is ready to be eaten. 煮熟,烧熟,做好(尤指丰盛的饭菜)
Hot food is available, though the prisoners have to cook it up themselves. [VERB noun PREP.]
可以吃到热饭热菜,不过犯人们必须自己煮。
He used to cook up great cauldrons of pasta. [VERBPREP. noun (not pronoun)]