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单词 kitchen
释义 kitchen
n.
  1. the room or area where food is prepared and cooked.
  2. (attrib.) of or belonging to the kitchen (kitchen knife; kitchen table).
  3. sl. the percussion section of an orchestra.
Phrases and idioms
everything but the kitchen sink everything imaginable. kitchen cabinet a group of unofficial advisers thought to be unduly influential. kitchen garden a garden where vegetables and sometimes fruit or herbs are grown. kitchen midden a prehistoric refuse-heap which marks an ancient settlement, chiefly containing bones, seashells, etc. kitchen-sink (in art forms) depicting extreme realism, esp. drabness or sordidness (kitchen-sink school of painting; kitchen-sink drama). kitchen tea Austral. & NZ a party held before a wedding to which female guests bring items of kitchen equipment as presents.
Etymology: OE cycene f. L coquere cook
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