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[VERB 动词]烹饪；烹调；煮；烧 When you
cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
I have to go and cook the dinner...
我得去做饭了。
Chefs at the St James Court restaurant have cooked for the Queen...
圣詹姆斯皇家饭店的厨师们曾经为女王烹制菜肴。
We'll cook them a nice Italian meal.
我们会给他们做一顿美味的意大利餐。
cookingHer hobbies include music, dancing, sport and cooking.
她的爱好包括音乐、舞蹈、体育和烹饪。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]烧(熟)；煮(熟) When you
cook food, or when food
cooks, it is heated until it is ready to be eaten.
...some basic instructions on how to cook a turkey...
烹饪火鸡的一些基本的做法指导
Let the vegetables cook gently for about 10 minutes...
用小火将蔬菜煮大约10分钟。
Drain the pasta as soon as it is cooked.
意大利面煮熟以后立即将水沥干。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]厨师；炊事员 A
cook is a person whose job is to prepare and cook food, especially in someone's home or in an institution.
They had a butler, a cook, and a maid.
他们有一个男管家、一个厨师和一个女佣。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]做饭的人；烹饪者 If you say that someone is a good
cook, you mean they are good at preparing and cooking food.
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[PHRASE 短语]篡改数据；做假账 If you say that someone
has cooked the books, you mean that they have changed figures or a written record in order to deceive people.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Usage Note :
You often use a more specific verb instead of cook when you are talking about preparing food using heat. For example, you roast meat in an oven, but you bake bread and cakes. You can boil vegetables in hot water, or you can steam them over a pan of boiling water. You can fry meat and vegetables in oil or fat. You can also grill or, in American English, broil them directly under or over a flame. You do not normally talk about grilling bread. Instead, you toast it.
谈论烹调时，通常使用具体的动词代替 cook，如 roast meat in an oven (在烤箱中烤肉)，bake bread and cakes (烤面包和蛋糕)，boil vegetables in hot water (用水煮蔬菜)或者 steam them over a pan of boiling water (放在装有沸水的平底锅里蒸)，fry meat and vegetables in oil or fat (用油炒肉和蔬菜)，也可以 grill them directly under or over a flame (直接在火上面烧烤)，美国英语中使用 broil。烤面包通常不用 grill，而用 toast。