| 单词 | cook |
| 释义 | cook v. & n. --v 1. tr. prepare (food) by heating it. 2. intr. (of food) undergo cooking. 3. tr. colloq. falsify (accounts etc.); alter to produce a desired result. 4. tr. sl. ruin, spoil. 5. tr. (esp. as cooked adj.) Brit. sl. fatigue, exhaust. 6. tr. & intr. US colloq. do or proceed successfully. 7. intr. (as be cooking) colloq. be happening or about to happen (went to find out what was cooking). --n a person who cooks, esp. professionally or in a specified way (a good cook). Phrases and idioms cook-chill 1. the process of cooking and refrigerating food ready for reheating at a later time. 2. (attrib.) (of food) prepared in this way. cook a person's goose ruin a person's chances. cook up colloq. invent or concoct (a story, excuse, etc.). Derivatives cookable adj. & n. Etymology: OE coc f. pop.L cocus for L coquus |
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