plural cooks
plural cooks
Learner's definition of COOK
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: someone who prepares and cooks food for eating at home, in a restaurant, etc.厨师;大厨 2 cook /ˈkʊk/ verb
cooks; cooked; cooking
cooks; cooked; cooking
Learner's definition of COOK
1
: to prepare (food) for eating especially by using heat做(饭);煮;烧 [+ object]
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Cook the onions over low/medium/high heat.用小火/中火/大火煮洋葱。
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She cooked a great meal.她做了一顿丰盛的美餐。
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I'll cook dinner tonight.今晚我来做饭。
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The fish was cooked in a white wine sauce.这鱼是用白葡萄酒酱汁烹制的。
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Carrots can be cooked, but they are often eaten raw.胡萝卜可以煮食,但人们经常生吃。
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a cooked chicken熟鸡
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Are the potatoes cooked through? [=done] = Are the potatoes fully/thoroughly cooked?这些马铃薯熟透了吗?
[no object]
2
[no object] : to go through the process of being cooked烹饪;烹调 3
[no object] informal : to happen or take place发生
be cooking
informal
: to be performing or doing something well玩得起劲;做得出色
cook someone's goose
informal
: to make it certain that someone will fail, lose, etc.毁掉某人成功的机会;锁定某人败局 -
They were already trailing, and that last goal really cooked their goose.他们已经落后了,并且最后一球锁定了他们的败局。
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Their goose was cooked after that last goal.最后一球锁定了他们的败局。
cook the books
informal
: to dishonestly change official records of how much money was spent and received伪造账目;做假账
cook up
[phrasal verb] 1 cook up (something) or cook (something) up
: to prepare (food) for eating especially quickly快速准备饭菜 2
: to invent (something, such as an idea, excuse, etc.) to deal with a particular situation策划;想出;编造 -
They cooked up [=devised, hatched] a scheme to fool their neighbor.他们想出一个诡计愚弄邻居。
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You'll have to cook an excuse up quickly.你得赶紧编个借口。