cook

cook
verb

[with obj.]prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients in various ways
烹调，煮，烧
shall I cook dinner tonight?.
今晚我做饭好吗？。
[with two objs]she cooked me eggs and bacon.
她为我做了鸡蛋和熏肉。
[as adj. cooked]a cooked breakfast.
熟食早餐。
[no obj.]I told you I could cook.
我告诉过你我会做饭。
■[no obj.](of food) be heated so that the state or condition required for eating is reached
被烹调；被烧煮
while the rice is cooking, add the saffron to the stock.
煮饭时在汤里加一些藏红花。
■(cook something down)heat food and cause it to thicken and reduce in volume
熬制（食品）
cooking down the chutney can take up to 45 minutes.
熬制酸辣酱需要45分钟。
■[no obj.](cook down)(of food being cooked) be reduced in volume in this way
熬制
■(be cooking)(informal)be happening or planned
(非正式)发生；计划中
what's cooking on the alternative fuels front?.
替代燃料这个领域有什么进展？。
[with obj.](informal)alter dishonestly; falsify
(非正式)用欺骗手段改变；伪造
a narcotics team who cooked the evidence.
制造假证据的毒品集团。
■(be cooked)be in an inescapably bad situation
陷入困境
if I can't talk to him I'm cooked.
要是不能和他谈一谈，我就惨了。
[no obj.](N. Amer. informal)perform or proceed vigorously or very well
(北美，非正式)干得起劲；做得欢；干得好
the band used to get up on the bandstand and really cook.
这支乐队以前总是站在乐池里，演奏得热火朝天。

noun

[often with adj. or noun modifier]a person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way
烹饪者；厨师，炊事员
Susan was a school cook.
苏珊是学校的厨师。
I'm a good cook.
我做得一手好菜。

常用词组
cook the books

(informal)alter facts or figures dishonestly or illegally
(非正式)作假；（非法）篡改（事实或数字）

cook someone's goose

(informal)spoil someone's plans; cause someone's downfall
(非正式)（使某人的计划等）受挫；使垮台

too many cooks spoil the broth

(proverb)if too many people are involved in a task or activity, it will not be done well
(谚)厨师多了烧坏汤；人多反坏事

派生
cookable
adjective
语源

Old English cōc (noun), from popular Latin cocus, from Latin coquus

继承用法
cook something up

concoct a story, excuse, or plan, especially an ingenious or devious one
策划；捏造（情况，理由，计划）

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