[mass noun]a style or method of cooking, especially as characteristic of a particular country, region, or establishment 烹调;烹饪 much Venetian cuisine is based on seafood. 许多威尼斯的烹饪都以海味为基础。 ■food cooked in a certain way 菜肴,饭菜 we spent the evening sampling the local cuisine. 我们整个晚上都在抽尝地方菜。
语源
late 18th cent.: French, literally kitchen', from Latin coquina, from coquere 'to cook'