| 单词 | cook |
| 释义 | verb | noun cookcook1 /kʊk/ ●●● S1 W2 verb 1[intransitive, transitive] to prepare food for eating by using heat: Mom taught me to cook. It’s important to cook the meat thoroughly. Turn the chicken over, and cook for another five minutes. Dad cooks breakfast on weekends.cook (something) for somebody She cooks for her family of seven. I’ll cook something special for you while you’re here.cook somebody something He decided to cook his parents a special meal for their wedding anniversary.cook (something) until Cook until the onion is softened.THESAURUSmake – to make food ready to eat, with or without using heat: Do you want to help me make cookies?prepare formal – to make food ready to eat: She started to prepare the Thanksgiving meal early in the morning.bake – to cook food such as bread or cake in the oven: I was planning to bake a cake for his birthday.toast – to cook the outside surfaces of bread: Toast both sides of the bread before adding the topping.roast – to cook meat or vegetables in an oven: Roast the beef for one and a half or two hours.fry – to cook food in oil on the top part of an oven: Grandma taught me how to fry chicken.sauté – to fry vegetables for a short time in a small amount of oil: Sauté the onions until they look clear.deep fry – to fry food in a pan containing a lot of hot oil: The doughnuts are deep fried and delicious.broil – to cook food by placing it near to strong heat from above: The burgers are broiled, not fried.grill – to cook food over strong heat, especially over flames: They grilled the steaks on an iron grill.barbecue – to cook food on a metal frame over a fire outdoors: We’re planning to barbecue chicken and vegetables at the picnic.steam – to cook vegetables by placing them in a container over very hot water so that the steam from the hot water cooks them: Steam the broccoli until it turns bright green.boil – to cook vegetables in very hot water on the top part of the oven: I put the potatoes in a pot to boil them.microwave – to cook food in a microwave oven: You can microwave the leftovers for a couple of minutes to heat them up.2[intransitive] to be prepared for eating by being heated: Cover and simmer until the chicken finishes cooking.3be cooking informal to be happening, especially in a secret way: Hey, guys! What’s cooking?4be cooking (with gas) spoken used to say someone is doing something very well: The band’s really cooking tonight!5cook the books to dishonestly change official records and figures in order to steal money or give people false information: Officials at the bank were found to have cooked the books. → see also cooking1cook something ↔ up phrasal verb1to prepare food, especially quickly: Dad’s cooking up some steaks on the barbecue.2informal to invent an excuse, reason, plan, etc., especially one that is slightly dishonest or unlikely to work: He cooked up some story to explain why they hadn’t been there.3cook up a storm to cook a lot of food during a short time period verb | noun cookcook2 ●●● S2 noun [countable] 1someone who prepares and cooks food as his or her job: She’d worked as a cook during college.2be a good/bad/great etc. cook to be good or bad at preparing or cooking food, when you cook for enjoyment, your family, etc. rather than as a job: My husband is a fabulous cook.3too many cooks (spoil the broth) used when you think there are too many people trying to do the same job at the same time so that the job is not done well [Origin: Old English coc, from Latin coquus, from coquere to cook] → see also chief cook and bottle-washer at chief1 (3) |
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