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单词 cooked
释义

cook

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noun

ˈku̇k How to pronounce cook (audio)
1
: a person who prepares food for eating
2
: a technical or industrial process comparable to cooking food
also : a substance so processed

cook

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verb

cooked; cooking; cooks

transitive verb

1
: to prepare (food) for eating by a heating process
Cook the vegetables over low heat for 10 minutes.
The fish was cooked in a wine sauce.
He cooked dinner for his guests.
2
: concoct, fabricate
usually used with up
cooked up a scheme
3
: to alter (something, such as records) with the intention of deceiving or misleading : falsify, doctor
The point is that every country's numbers are the result of a specific set of testing and accounting regimes. Everyone is cooking the data, one way or another. Alexis C. Madrigal
see also cook the books
4
: to subject (something) to the action of heat or fire during preparation
Agents discovered a recipe for cooking meth at his lab … Andrew E. Serwer

intransitive verb

1
: to prepare food for eating especially by means of heat
We're too busy to cook tonight.
I enjoy cooking for friends.
2
: to undergo the action of being cooked
The rice is cooking now.
3
: occur, happen
She tried to find out what was cooking in the committee.
4
: to perform, do, or proceed well
The jazz quartet was cooking along.
The party cooked right through the night.
cookable
ˈku̇-kə-bəl How to pronounce cook (audio)
adjective
Phrases
cook one's goose
: to make one's failure or ruin certain

Synonyms

Noun

  • chef
  • cooker
  • culinarian

Verb

  • bend
  • color
  • distort
  • falsify
  • fudge
  • garble
  • misinterpret
  • misrelate
  • misrepresent
  • misstate
  • pervert
  • slant
  • twist
  • warp
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Example Sentences

Noun the hearty meals prepared by the cook at summer camp Verb Cook the onions over low heat. She cooked a great meal. The fish was cooked in a white wine sauce. Carrots can be cooked, but they are often eaten raw. We're too busy to cook at home. He enjoys cooking on the weekends. The rice is still cooking, but it will be ready in 10 minutes. There's something cooking, but he won't say what. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
George Shi and his wife Eve Zhang remember Lili Xu as a passionate Oakland Chinatown dentist, talented cook and dance student who enrolled within the last few years in adult ballet classes at their East Bay ballet school. Joel Umanzor, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Aug. 2022 In a 3-quart saucepan cook and stir ground beef, sweet pepper, 1/2 cup chopped onion, and the garlic over medium heat until meat is brown and onion is tender. Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2022 Berge, a prep cook and caterer, would come home with leftover food — mostly single ingredients prepped and ready to go. Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022 Best of all, for the kosher cook and eater, the selections are nearly unlimited, though check jars and packages for hechshers before buying. Ethel G. Hofman, Sun Sentinel, 26 July 2022 Alix Baker, a former cook and a Chopped winner who is now a full-time private chef, tells me that even the trailer felt triggering. Genevieve Yam, Bon Appétit, 12 July 2022 The contestant who proves to be the best cook and thriftiest shopper will take home the trophy and a year’s worth of groceries. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 June 2022 On the other side of the raft, Clémentine Ekoba, the cook and cleaner for the crew, tended a small fire. New York Times, 14 June 2022 However, a recent rent spike is forcing owner, musician, engineer and self-described cook and house brewer Thomas Yearsley to look for a new home for his studio. Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2022
Verb
In this wild dating competition, four hot singles go on blind dates and battle to cook up date-night worthy dishes. Rodney Ho, ajc, 14 Aug. 2022 But, during the pandemic, Velveeta benefited from people's interest in comfort foods and easy-to-cook meals. Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 13 Aug. 2022 Guests can tap into the dedicated concierge service, which is able to arrange bespoke experiences and events on demand – from cocktail tasting in your apartment to a private chef to cook up a celebratory meal. Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022 For people without a lot of cooking experience, Marcellus will have formulas for how to combine different ready-to-cook ingredients in multiple ways. Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022 The defining characteristic of Maxo Kream as a rapper is how this product of Live Love A$AP and Z-Ro can cook up with a primitive brawler like Benny. Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2022 Food Network continues to cook up its relationship with popular host Guy Fieri, who is gearing up to launch his sixth show with the network. Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 22 July 2022 To carry the dinner analogy one final step further, AMOC really does run amok in its reinvention of opera by throwing whatever the 17 artists cook up against the wall to see what sticks. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2022 Arizona man uses his car to cook up burgers in record-breaking heat. Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 13 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English cōc, from Latin coquus, from coquere to cook; akin to Old English āfigen fried, Greek pessein to cook

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Kids Definition

cook 1 of 2

noun

ˈku̇k How to pronounce cook (audio)
: a person who prepares food for eating

cook

2 of 2

verb

cooked; cooking
1
: to prepare food for eating by the use of heat
2
: to go through the process of being heated in preparation for being eaten
Dinner is cooking.
3
: to create through thought and imagination
usually used with up
The boys are cooking up a scheme to earn money.

Biographical Definition

Cook

biographical name

ˈku̇k How to pronounce Cook (audio)
James 1728–1779 English navigator and explorer

cooked 1 of 2

adjective

as in baked

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • baked
  • boiled
  • sautéed
  • roasted
  • grilled
  • fried
  • broiled
  • sauteed
  • burned
  • braised
  • heated
  • burnt
  • charred
  • scorched
  • overdone
  • well-done

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • raw
  • uncooked
  • rare
  • unheated

cooked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of cook
1
as in misrepresented
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of it turns out the pharmaceutical researcher had cooked her data

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • misrepresented
  • distorted
  • colored
  • fudged
  • falsified
  • twisted
  • misinterpreted
  • perverted
  • complicated
  • censored
  • warped
  • obscured
  • misrelated
  • disguised
  • garbled
  • misstated
  • slanted
  • camouflaged
  • dissembled
  • lied
  • bent
  • confused
  • mistranslated
  • masked
  • whitewashed
  • bowdlerized
  • misdescribed
  • veiled
  • misspoke
  • mistook
  • mystified
  • prevaricated
  • fibbed
  • paltered
  • equivocated
  • belied
  • confounded
  • glossed (over)
  • mixed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • interpreted
  • explained
  • illustrated
  • clarified
  • illuminated
  • cleared (up)
  • spelled out
  • deciphered
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2
as in happened
to take place wondered what was cooking when several police cars pulled up to their neighbor's house

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • happened
  • was
  • came
  • came down
  • occurred
  • did
  • passed
  • went on
  • went down
  • transpired
  • came about
  • came to pass
  • developed
  • came off
  • happed
  • rose
  • befell
  • chanced
  • betided
  • intervened
  • arose
  • turned out
  • came up
  • fell out
  • proceeded
  • followed
  • resulted
  • materialized
  • went off
  • cropped (up)
  • broke
  • shaped (up)
  • sprung (up)
  • sprang (up)
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