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单词 pressure cooker
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Definition of pressure cooker in English:

pressure cooker

noun
  • 1An airtight pot in which food can be cooked quickly under steam pressure.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And when yellow split dal (moong dal) is cooked in the pressure cooker for three whistles and allowed to cool on its own, will not the dal become too gooey?
    • This resulted in the first ‘stew’ coming out of the pressure cooker as one massive suet pudding that was perfectly cylindrical and stood about a foot high on the plate.
    • The dhal can be cooked in a pressure cooker as well.
    • Steam for about 10 minutes till the iddiappam is cooked (a pressure cooker can be used without the weight).
    • This recipe also works well in a pressure cooker.
    • In a pressure cooker, foods actually cook three to ten times faster than ordinary cooking methods.
    • Mum had emailed me some of her favourite recipes and a couple required a pressure cooker, so out I trotted one morning to Allders to acquire one.
    • Place the peeled, diced pumpkin, potatoes and carrots in a saucepan or pressure cooker, add the cooked onions and the chicken stock.
    • Dasho Kado says, ‘Put everything in a pressure cooker with the chilies and salt on top and cook for a good long time.’
    • In the pressure cooker over high heat, I heated olive oil and sautéed the cut-up onion and garlic.
    • Extract the pulp out of the bilimbi after cooking in a pressure cooker.
    • I sometimes make use of my Tower pressure cooker, which cuts the cooking time dramatically.
    • Cooking them with kombu and using a pressure cooker will make them more digestible.
    • Use it as a pressure cooker, crispy popcorn maker, steamer, rice cooker or to make hot ‘n’ soft idlis.
    • While some people may prefer using a pressure cooker for beans and other long-cooking recipes, it's hard to beat the convenience of a pot that you can leave unattended.
    • To kill all spores food must be heated to 121°C for three minutes, which is possible only in a pressure cooker or a commercial autoclave.
    • Cook the breadfruit and potatoes in a pressure cooker with a pinch of turmeric powder and salt.
    • The sweet milk utilizes the tin container as a ready-made pressure cooker for caramelizing.
    • Dig out that pressure cooker or a slow cooker, and get in a stew.
    • Other Gaviotas inventions have included: biogas generators, a solar pressure cooker and a solar kettle.
    Synonyms
    saucepan, frying pan, pot, casserole, wok, skillet, bain-marie, fish kettle, poacher, chafing dish
    1. 1.1 A highly stressful situation or assignment.
      an academic pressure cooker which turns teenagers into depressives
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The analogy of letting off steam was used earlier, like this was a pressure cooker situation.
      • Words overlapping, creating new words as she went along, Angie spewed out her dreams like a pressure cooker letting out steam.
      • It is not a joke, to want to find a peaceful solution to this overwhelming pressure cooker, uneasy, business-dominated world conflict.
      • Somehow, despite the uncertainty I faced, the fast-paced, hipper-than-thou, terminal pressure cooker that is New York, I knew I belonged there.
      • They have described hearing a hissing noise like a giant pressure cooker letting off steam, seconds before a huge blast which blew one man 8ft into a locker.
      • Male/female relations did not fare well within this high-tech pressure cooker.
      • The real pressure cooker comes in the mid-afternoon, at a strategic meeting in which the candidate presents a recommendation based on a business case history that was supplied earlier.
      • I can tell from a distance of his loneliness, of his pent-up sorrow like steam in a pressure cooker before the first whistle.
      • Wanderers actually looked to be enjoying the pressure cooker situation as they knocked the ball about searching for further openings.
      • Is it hard when interviewing candidates in that kind of pressure cooker situation to get them off the official talking points?
      • That added a little heat to this April's pressure cooker.
      • Instead, the source material comes right out of the artist's inner pressure cooker.
      • In turn, the higher yields ultimately crash the stock and commodity markets, and those developments let out a ton of steam from the bond pressure cooker.
      • It was like a pressure cooker and I couldn't let off steam.
      • His mind became a vast pressure cooker, simmering just below the boiling point.
      • After that pressure cooker environment, Stephen took it a little easier, helping his three nephews establish a restaurant and pub in Seattle.
      • ‘Our schools have been turned into pressure cookers of anxiety and stress in which a broad-based curriculum is edged out to make way for a narrow, test and exam-orientated system more akin to a production line,’ he said.
      • A new manager will need time to bed in and implement his own ideas, and the pressure cooker of the current situation is not the ideal place to start the re-building process.
      • He warned, ‘We're heading into a situation where it is going to be like a pressure cooker.’
      • It's simmering and boiling and I'm afraid someone left the lid on this pressure cooker and we are about to witness an explosion.

Derivatives

  • pressure-cook

  • verb ˈprɛʃəkʊk
    [with object]
    • 1Cook (food) in a pressure cooker.

      pressure-cook the steak in a broth before adding the cream
      1. 1.1 Subject (someone) to a highly stressful situation or assignment.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The best cooking methods are microwaving, pressure-cooking, steaming, and stir-frying.
      • You can prevent food poisoning in home-canned vegetables by pressure-cooking vegetables before canning.
      • My friend is an excellent cook and she has planned the menu carefully, from pressure-cooking the beans for the homemade hummus to the icing on the brownies.
      • colleges often place the blame on parents for pressure-cooking students
 
 

Definition of pressure cooker in US English:

pressure cooker

nounˈpreSHər ˌko͝okərˈprɛʃər ˌkʊkər
  • 1An airtight pot in which food can be cooked quickly under steam pressure.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Extract the pulp out of the bilimbi after cooking in a pressure cooker.
    • I sometimes make use of my Tower pressure cooker, which cuts the cooking time dramatically.
    • This resulted in the first ‘stew’ coming out of the pressure cooker as one massive suet pudding that was perfectly cylindrical and stood about a foot high on the plate.
    • In a pressure cooker, foods actually cook three to ten times faster than ordinary cooking methods.
    • Place the peeled, diced pumpkin, potatoes and carrots in a saucepan or pressure cooker, add the cooked onions and the chicken stock.
    • Cooking them with kombu and using a pressure cooker will make them more digestible.
    • The sweet milk utilizes the tin container as a ready-made pressure cooker for caramelizing.
    • Dasho Kado says, ‘Put everything in a pressure cooker with the chilies and salt on top and cook for a good long time.’
    • Steam for about 10 minutes till the iddiappam is cooked (a pressure cooker can be used without the weight).
    • In the pressure cooker over high heat, I heated olive oil and sautéed the cut-up onion and garlic.
    • This recipe also works well in a pressure cooker.
    • Mum had emailed me some of her favourite recipes and a couple required a pressure cooker, so out I trotted one morning to Allders to acquire one.
    • Cook the breadfruit and potatoes in a pressure cooker with a pinch of turmeric powder and salt.
    • And when yellow split dal (moong dal) is cooked in the pressure cooker for three whistles and allowed to cool on its own, will not the dal become too gooey?
    • To kill all spores food must be heated to 121°C for three minutes, which is possible only in a pressure cooker or a commercial autoclave.
    • Other Gaviotas inventions have included: biogas generators, a solar pressure cooker and a solar kettle.
    • Dig out that pressure cooker or a slow cooker, and get in a stew.
    • The dhal can be cooked in a pressure cooker as well.
    • While some people may prefer using a pressure cooker for beans and other long-cooking recipes, it's hard to beat the convenience of a pot that you can leave unattended.
    • Use it as a pressure cooker, crispy popcorn maker, steamer, rice cooker or to make hot ‘n’ soft idlis.
    Synonyms
    saucepan, frying pan, pot, casserole, wok, skillet, bain-marie, fish kettle, poacher, chafing dish
    1. 1.1 A highly stressful situation or assignment.
      the conformist pressure cooker of high school
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Somehow, despite the uncertainty I faced, the fast-paced, hipper-than-thou, terminal pressure cooker that is New York, I knew I belonged there.
      • The analogy of letting off steam was used earlier, like this was a pressure cooker situation.
      • His mind became a vast pressure cooker, simmering just below the boiling point.
      • Male/female relations did not fare well within this high-tech pressure cooker.
      • After that pressure cooker environment, Stephen took it a little easier, helping his three nephews establish a restaurant and pub in Seattle.
      • It is not a joke, to want to find a peaceful solution to this overwhelming pressure cooker, uneasy, business-dominated world conflict.
      • ‘Our schools have been turned into pressure cookers of anxiety and stress in which a broad-based curriculum is edged out to make way for a narrow, test and exam-orientated system more akin to a production line,’ he said.
      • It's simmering and boiling and I'm afraid someone left the lid on this pressure cooker and we are about to witness an explosion.
      • In turn, the higher yields ultimately crash the stock and commodity markets, and those developments let out a ton of steam from the bond pressure cooker.
      • I can tell from a distance of his loneliness, of his pent-up sorrow like steam in a pressure cooker before the first whistle.
      • The real pressure cooker comes in the mid-afternoon, at a strategic meeting in which the candidate presents a recommendation based on a business case history that was supplied earlier.
      • They have described hearing a hissing noise like a giant pressure cooker letting off steam, seconds before a huge blast which blew one man 8ft into a locker.
      • Is it hard when interviewing candidates in that kind of pressure cooker situation to get them off the official talking points?
      • Wanderers actually looked to be enjoying the pressure cooker situation as they knocked the ball about searching for further openings.
      • It was like a pressure cooker and I couldn't let off steam.
      • That added a little heat to this April's pressure cooker.
      • He warned, ‘We're heading into a situation where it is going to be like a pressure cooker.’
      • Words overlapping, creating new words as she went along, Angie spewed out her dreams like a pressure cooker letting out steam.
      • A new manager will need time to bed in and implement his own ideas, and the pressure cooker of the current situation is not the ideal place to start the re-building process.
      • Instead, the source material comes right out of the artist's inner pressure cooker.
 
 
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