cook

名词 cook:

1. someone who cooks food
2. English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
   同义词：James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook

动词 cook:

1. prepare a hot meal
2. prepare for eating by applying heat
   同义词：fix, ready, make, prepare
3. transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
4. transform by heating
5. fake or falsify
   同义词：fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, wangle, misrepresent

1. I know they only meant to help, but it was a case of too many cooks, I'm afraid.
   我知道他们一心想帮忙，可惜人多反而坏了事。
2. Do you want your vegetables cooked or raw?
   你要把蔬菜煮熟还是生吃？

cook

v.（动词）
cooked,cook.ing,cooks
v.tr.（及物动词）
To prepare (food) for eating by applying heat.
烹调：通过加热加工（食物）使它可以食用
To prepare or treat by heating:
煮，烧：通过加热加工或处理：
例句：
slowly cooked the medicinal mixture.
慢慢熬煮这药材

Slang To alter or falsify so as to make a more favorable impression; doctor:
【俚语】 伪造：为了产生更加有利的效果而更改或篡改；修改：
例句：
disreputable accountants who were paid to cook the firm`s books.
因篡改公司的帐册而声名狼藉会计师

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To prepare food for eating by applying heat.
烹饪：通过加热加工食物使之可食用
To undergo application of heat especially for the purpose of later ingestion.
烹调：尤指为了以后的食用而进行加热烹调
Slang To happen, develop, or take place:
【俚语】 发生、发展或进行：
例句：
What`s cooking in townô
城里发生了什么事ô

Slang To proceed or perform very well:
【俚语】 进行或演奏得很好：
例句：
The band really got cooking after midnight.
乐团在午夜以后的演奏棒极了

n.（名词）
A person who prepares food for eating.
厨子：加工食物使之可食用的人

<常用词组>cook up 【非正式用语】
To fabricate; concoct:
策划；捏造：
例句：
cook up an excuse.
编造借口

<习惯用语>cook (one`s) goose【俚语】
To ruin (one`s) chances:
破坏（某人的）机遇：
例句：
The speeding ticket cooked his goose with his father. Her goose was cooked when she was caught cheating on the test.
超速驾驶罚款单使他在他父亲那儿倒了霉。当她考试作弊被抓住时，一下名声扫地

来源：
Middle English coken
中古英语 coken
from coke [cook]
源自 coke [厨子]
from Old English côc
源自 古英语 côc
from Vulgar Latin *côcus
源自 俗拉丁语 *côcus
from Latin cocus, coquus
源自 拉丁语 cocus, coquus
from coquere [to cook] * see pek w-
源自 coquere [烹调] *参见 pek w-