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-