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单词 cook
释义
cook
(kʊk )
Word forms: cooks , cooking , cooked
1. verb A1
When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
I have to go and cook the dinner. [VERB noun]
Chefs at the St James Court restaurant have cooked for the Queen. [VERB]
We'll cook them a nice Italian meal. [VERB noun noun]
cooking uncountable noun A2
Her hobbies include music, dancing, sport and cooking.
2. verb A1
When you cook food, or when food cooks, it is heated until it is ready to be eaten.
...some basic instructions on how to cook a turkey. [VERB noun]
Let the vegetables cook gently for about 10 minutes. [VERB]
Drain the pasta as soon as it is cooked. [VERB-ed]
3. countable noun A2
A cook is a person whose job is to prepare and cook food, especially in someone's home or in an institution.
They had a butler, a cook, and a maid.
4. countable noun [adjective NOUN] A2
If you say that someone is a good cook, you mean they are good at preparing and cooking food.
5. to cook the books phrase
If you say that someone has cooked the books, you mean that they have changed figures or a written record in order to deceive people. [informal]
6.  See also cooking
Phrasal verbs:
cook up
1. phrasal verb
If someone cooks up a dishonest scheme, they plan it. [informal]
He must have cooked up his scheme on the spur of the moment. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If someone cooks up an explanation or a story, they make it up. [informal]
She'll cook up a convincing explanation. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
If you cook up a quantity of food, especially a large quantity, you heat it until it is ready to be eaten.
Hot food is available, though the prisoners have to cook it up themselves. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
He used to cook up great cauldrons of pasta. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
Quotations:
Cookery has become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemenRobert BurtonAnatomy of Melancholy
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Idioms:
cook your goose
to do something which gets you into trouble or spoils your chances of success
By trying to constantly undermine me he cooked his goose. After that I just had to sack him.
cook the books
to dishonestly change the figures in your financial accounts in order to deceive people
She knew that when the auditors looked over the books there would be no hiding the fact that she had cooked the books and £3 million was missing.
Collocations:
cook a meal
Explore the woodland, make a den, forage for food, cook a meal outdoors and hunt for minibeasts.
Times, Sunday Times
It's so small the estate agent seems unsure you could even cook a meal in it.
The Sun
If you had ten minutes to cook a meal for the family, what would you make?
The Sun
Suggest you cook the meal for all of you one or two nights a week in exchange for eating with them the other nights.
The Sun
Then you can cook a meal for the family.
The Sun
cook a recipe
If you can't get hold of clams, cook the recipe (right) with mussels.
Times, Sunday Times
She keeps telling viewers that she's going to 'cook a recipe'.
Times, Sunday Times
Even if you never cook a recipe, they are a pleasure to own.
Times, Sunday Times
The player can increase characters' cooking stats for each recipe by having them cook the recipe frequently.
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I like to cook the recipes for my books at home first and use new utensils and pots and pans.
Times, Sunday Times
cook dinner
Put as much thought into your beauty routine as you would into cooking dinner.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Tea is usually a cooked dinner like chops and vegetables.
The Sun (2006)
`There's nothing doing here and Dena's cooking the dinner tonight.
Forsythe, Malcolm THE BOOK LADY (2003)
cook evenly
For nearly forty minutes, he cooked the meat, turning it frequently to cook evenly.
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Rub the beef with the salt and pepper and fry for 6-8 minutes, turning to cook evenly.
Times, Sunday Times
They should rise to the surface, so turn them over to get both sides to cook evenly.
The Sun
It's best to do them in small batches so the crisps can cook evenly.
The Sun
Pick ones of equal size, too - they'll be easier to cook evenly.
Times, Sunday Times
cook gently
Add both to the butter and cook gently for 10-15 min until soft but uncoloured.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Stir in the onion, garlic and thyme, cooking gently for about 8 minutes until soft but uncoloured.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Continue to cook gently and then add a sliced carrot and a sliced courgette.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Add the fennel, shallot and garlic and cook gently to soften.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Add the lardons and cook gently at first, increasing the heat slightly as the fat begins to run.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
cook perfectly
None of our apple trees are cooking varieties but standard varieties cook perfectly well.
The Sun
It will cook perfectly in the time it takes the macaroni to finish.
Times, Sunday Times
Is there any dish that you can't cook perfectly?
The Sun
Tinned potatoes are peeled and cooked perfectly and the perfect texture.
The Sun
The flavours were light and the halibut was cooked perfectly, which isn't always the case with such a lean fish.
Times, Sunday Times
cook prepares
They may also have a diner-style counter where the cook prepares the dish in front of the customers.
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Usually the cook prepares them freshly for the customer.
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Turkeys are usually baked or roasted in an oven for several hours, often while the cook prepares the remainder of the meal.
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cook properly
Apparently it takes ten hours to cook properly.
The Sun
Perhaps it would be the perfect time to learn to cook properly.
The Sun
Make sure the temperature of the oil doesn't drop, because your churros will not cook properly.
Times, Sunday Times
They won't cook properly if they overlap.
Times, Sunday Times
Several pancakes may be cooked at any given time, but each piece must be submerged under the oil in order to cook properly.
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cook slowly
Pour over the passata, vinegar and sugar and cook slowly for about 15 minutes, or until thickened.
Times, Sunday Times
Add the garlic and salt, and cook slowly until the garlic starts to soften.
Times, Sunday Times
Add the vegetables and cook slowly until they become very soft.
Times, Sunday Times
Add the onion and parsnip and cook slowly with the lid on for 10 min.
Times, Sunday Times
Add the onion and cook slowly for 20 minutes or so to caramelise.
Times, Sunday Times
cook supper
I take a break at about 6.30pm to cook supper, then it's back to the kitchen table.
Times,Sunday Times
Radio more than any other medium can capture the imagination by stealth: it catches us with our defences down, creeping up while we cook supper.
Times, Sunday Times
It's very annoying when you're all set to cook supper and discover that a vital ingredient has run out.
Times, Sunday Times
In this series, three singletons cook supper for a mystery date in their homes - then the date chooses one of them to see again.
The Sun
This was not radio to cook supper to.
Times, Sunday Times
cook thoroughly
Add 500g of beef mince and cook thoroughly, chopping with a wooden spoon or spatula.
Times, Sunday Times
Cover the pan with foil and place it in the oven for 20 minutes (the eggplant should be soft but not cooked thoroughly).
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The agency said that if chicken was cooked thoroughly and preparation guidelines properly followed, including not washing raw chicken, the risk to the public was extremely low.
Times, Sunday Times
cook uncovered
Once it stops spluttering, add the apples, cloves and some salt and pepper, then cook uncovered for 5 minutes.
Times, Sunday Times
Add the peas and beans and cook uncovered for 5-10 more minutes until the lentils and peas are soft and the chicken cooked through.
Times, Sunday Times
Add the herbs and cook uncovered for 40 minutes.
The Sun
Remove the lid, season and cook uncovered, stirring frequently, until most of the liquid has evaporated.
The Sun
Remove the lid and cook uncovered for a further 20-30 minutes.
The Sun
cooked dinner
So you find yourself in the parking lot in a 10-minute discussion with the guy who just cooked dinner for you.
Times, Sunday Times
However, many older people who receive a cooked dinner have said they do not like the idea of getting something for nothing.
Times, Sunday Times
We have made meal plans and cooked dinner together at home.
Times,Sunday Times
Keen to get the best of both worlds, we cooked dinner in the apartment for three nights and eat out for four.
The Sun
I went home, cooked dinner and then did storytime, bathtime, bedtime.
Times,Sunday Times
cooked meal
There's also the option of a breakfast hamper or a cooked meal in the morning.
Times, Sunday Times
Many modern managers spend their lunchtimes at the gym, preferring healthy calorie-burning exercise to the dangers and delights of a cooked meal.
Times, Sunday Times
But if he's really that desperate for a freshly cooked meal, prepared on the premises, perhaps he could go to the shop himself next time ?
Times, Sunday Times
Few things are more comforting than a simple, home cooked meal with your loved ones.
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As a result, clients sometimes had to choose between having a cooked meal or getting washed, forgoing, the other until a later visit - possibly several days later.
Times, Sunday Times
cooked meat
After cheese comes cooked meat, seafood, chocolate, sweets, alcohol, spices and babyfood.
The Sun (2011)
We saw staff mixing cooked meat and chicken with raw food.
The Sun (2012)
cooking liquid
Add the hoisin sauce then glaze the duck with 2-3 ladles of the reserved cooking liquid.
The Sun (2015)
Mix the hoisin sauce with about 3 tbsps of the cooking liquid from the pan.
The Sun (2017)
Add the clams to the pan, together with their strained cooking liquid.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Strain 200ml of the cooking liquid into a pan and reduce to a thick consistency.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You may need to add some cooking liquid to make a nice creamy consistency.
Elliot, Rose Cooking with Beans and Pulses
good cook
My mum's a good cook - she'd make beef stroganoff, chicken à la king - 1970s classics.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He is extremely hardworking and a very good cook.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
great cook
The moon love-matches you with a great cook.
The Sun
She was a great cook and a hard worker; and expansion rapidly followed.
Times, Sunday Times
He's kind, funny, a great cook and the best troubleshooter.
Times,Sunday Times
I am not a great cook, but try to be adventurous.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a recipe that hasn't failed to this day — he's a great cook.
Times, Sunday Times
home cook
So what's the answer for the busy home cook?
Times, Sunday Times
But often it seems too intimidating for the home cook.
Times, Sunday Times
But he did say that the amount of salt a home cook would add to water was too small to make a noticeable difference.
ST
That might test the patience of the home cook, but two to three hours should see you right.
Times, Sunday Times
It all looks delicious (especially the paella) and, most importantly, feasible for the proficient home cook.
Times, Sunday Times
partially cooked
Fold in the cornflour and cocoa and spoon the mixture onto the partially cooked cake.
Times, Sunday Times
And skip raw or partially cooked eggs, too.
The Sun
The vegetables should be partially cooked and have a little colour.
The Sun
The pieces are stirred into partially cooked red onion, the two cooked together while you peel leftover new potatoes or boil more for the dish.
Times, Sunday Times
Stir the chorizo into the partially cooked onion.
Times, Sunday Times
perfectly cooked
Then — after your excursion — consider whitefish caviar, warm blinis, perfectly cooked beef for supper and, the next morning, home-cured salmon for breakfast.
Times, Sunday Times
I went for these three in a pudding selection with lashings of custard (perfectly cooked, warm, sugary and more-ish).
Times, Sunday Times
A first-rate, perfectly cooked cheeseburger arrived, with fried egg on top and extra gherkins.
Times, Sunday Times
You get a perfectly cooked main meal with a glass of real ale and still have change from a fiver.
Times, Sunday Times
The texture of the meat was even, perfectly cooked and moist.
Times, Sunday Times
short-order cook
As simple as it sounds, co-ordinating eggs with sides — even for a short-order cook like me — can be a challenge.
Times, Sunday Times
He supported himself through law school by working as a tennis coach, as well as a janitor, labourer and short-order cook.
Times, Sunday Times
Following the end of the war, he was refused employment as a short-order cook many times because he had no references.
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Having previously had a career as a pastry chef, he finds it difficult to adjust to his role as a short-order cook.
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He worked as a short-order cook and on a factory line during and after college.
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Translations:
Chinese: 厨师, 烹调
Japanese: 料理人, 料理する
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