2[intransitiveI]DFCCOOK to be prepared for eating by using heat 烧,煮
He could smell something delicious cooking.
他闻到了正在烧什么美味的东西。
Hamburgers were cooking in the kitchen.
厨房里在做汉堡包。
3cook the booksCHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENTto dishonestly change official records and figures in order to steal money or give people false information 做假账;篡改资料
The Government was cooking the books and misleading the public.
政府在篡改数据误导公众。
Examples from the Corpus
cook the books• Officials at the bank were found to have cooked the books.• We've just found out Alec's been cooking the books.• One solution would be to make the cities more habitable, but a much more sure-fire way is cooking the books.• The directors of the company made millions from cooking the books before the fraudinvestigatorscaught them.• Martin I hate to disturb you when you're cooking the books, but there's a delivery.• When it came to cooking the books, Dennis was in the Raymond Blanc class.• Lost himself in a welter of ambitions, unsafebuildings, cheapermaterials; he cooked the books to make more blocks.
4be cookinginformalPLAN to be being planned in a secret way 秘密计划;密谋
They’ve got something cooking, and I don’t think I like it.
cook up• He hadn't eaten all day, so he opened one of them and cooked it up.• Idly I wonderedwhy he insisted on them being cooked sunny side up.• Instead, Miss Arabel wrote, in her neat, tidyscript, and Mr Surtees Cook.• The cooks were up at 0500 hours, preparing the usual early breakfast for men condemned to hard work.• Yes, of course he did, probably thought she and Donal had cooked it up between them.• The cook stood up on the forward side, so that the shedprotected him when there was a favourablewind.• The kitchen with a small staffcooked or warmed up the men's food free of charge.• We then add a blend of other unusualrices to it and cook them up together.
nGrammar
Cook belongs to a group of verbs where the same noun can be the subject of the verb or its object.
You can say:
I’m cooking some pasta.
In this sentence, ‘some pasta’ is the object of cook.
You can say:
Some pasta is cooking.
In this sentence, ‘some pasta’ is the subject of cook.
nCOLLOCATIONS
nouns
cook a meal
Shall I cook the meal tonight?
cook breakfast/lunch/dinner
Kate was in the kitchen cooking dinner.
cook food
The book also gives advice on healthy ways of cooking food.
cook rice/pasta/sausages etc
Cook the pasta for about 8 minutes.
adverbs
cook something gently/slowly (=on a low heat)
Reduce the heat and cook gently for 20 minutes.
cook something well/thoroughly (=until it has definitely cooked for a long enough time)
Beans should always be cooked well.
be cooked through (=in the middle as well as on the outside)
Fry the fish until golden and cooked through.
cook something evenly (=until all of it is equally well cooked )
Turn the pie several times to cook it evenly.
phrases
be cooked to perfection (=be cooked exactly the right amount, so it is perfect)
All the dishes were cooked to perfection by the French chef.
THESAURUS
to cook something 烹饪
cook to prepare a meal or food for eating by using heat 烹调,煮,烧
1BODFCsomeone who prepares and cooks food as their job 厨师,炊事员SYN chef
He works as a cook in a local restaurant.
他在本地的一家饭店里当厨师。
2.be a good/wonderful/terrible etc cookCOOKto be good or bad at preparing and cooking food 是个好/出色/糟糕等的厨师
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be a good/wonderful/terrible etc cook• As a result, the adultJohn is obsessed with food, has an overstockedfridge and is a good cook.• He is a good cook, isn't he?• My aunt and I are good cooks.• Nils may be a good cook, but his time will be betterspent away from the galley.• Of motivation to get good grades in school or to be a good cook?• Franca, said to be a good cook, was not a good cook, just an ingenious cook.• To be a good cook you have to do a lot of things precisely, but it requires no understanding.• Zelah was a good cook and he enjoyed the meal.
3.too many cooks (spoil the broth)TOO/TOO MUCHused when you think there are too many people trying to do the samejob at the same time, so that the job is not done well 厨师太多(烧坏汤),人多添乱
Examples from the Corpus
too many cooks (spoil the broth)• If too many cooksspoil the broth, too many Popes tarnish the faith!• There were too many cooks, they said.
ADJECTIVE➤excellent, good, gourmet, great, wonderful優秀的廚師;好廚師;美食大師;烹飪大師;出色的廚師◇He's a very good cook.他是一個出色的廚師。➤amateur, home業餘/家庭廚師◇easy recipes for home cooks家庭廚師的簡單食譜➤professional專業廚師◇She wants to become a professional cook.她想成為專業廚師。➤fry, short-order煎炸/快餐廚師◇He found work as a short-order cook in a local diner.他在當地一家小餐館找了份做快餐的工作。➡ note at jobcook
verb
ADVERB | PHRASESADVERB➤fully, thoroughly, well煮透;燒熟◇Make sure you cook the meat well.這些肉一定要煮熟。➤perfectly完美地烹製◇The vegetables were cooked perfectly.這些蔬菜烹製得好極了。➤evenly, gently, slowly均勻地燉;用文火燉;慢慢地煮◇Turn the fish over so that it cooks evenly.把魚翻一下,以便把兩面煎得火候一樣。➤quickly快炒PHRASES➤be cooked through煮透◇Ensure that the meat is cooked through.肉要確保燉爛。➤freshly cooked剛烹製的◇the smell of freshly cooked bacon新烹製的鹹豬肉的香味
➡ See also the entry for bake另见bake条cook ♦︎ make ♦︎ prepare ♦︎ get ♦︎ brew ♦︎ fixThese words all mean to make food or drink ready to be eaten.这些词均表示烹调饭菜或制作饮品。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to make / prepare / brew sth from sth◆to cook / make / get / fix sth for sb◆to cook / make / get / fix sb / yourself sth◆to cook / make / prepare / fix a meal◆to cook / make / prepare / get / fix breakfast / lunch / dinner◆to cook / make / prepare a dish◆to make / prepare / fix a sandwich◆to make / prepare a salad◆to make / brew tea / coffee / beer◆to make / get / fix (sb / yourself) something to eat / drink■cook [transitive, intransitive] to make food ready to be eaten by heating it, for example by boiling, baking or frying it; (of food) to be made ready to be eaten in this way烹饪;烹调;(食物)被烹制◆What's the best way to cook trout?鳟鱼怎么做最好吃?◆Add the onion and cook for three minutes.加入洋葱烹制三分钟。◆Where did you learn to cook?你在哪里学的烹饪?◆While the pasta is cooking, prepare the sauce.趁意大利面在煮的时候准备酱汁。■make(made, made) [transitive] to create a meal or sth to eat or drink by combining and/or cooking different things做(饭);制作(食物或饮料)◆How do you make that dish with the peppers and olives in it?那道有胡椒和橄榄的菜你是怎么做的?◆She made coffee for us all.她给我们大家冲了咖啡。◆She made us all coffee.她给我们大家冲了咖啡。■prepare [transitive] (especiallywritten) to make food ready to be eaten; to make a medicine by mixing different things预备(饭菜);做(饭);调制,配制(药品)◆The women were busy preparing the wedding feast.女人在忙着准备婚宴。◆The remedies are all prepared from wild flowers.这些药物都是用野花提取成分配制的。■get [transitive] (getting, got, got; NAmEspokengetting, got, gotten) (spoken) to prepare a meal; to provide food or drink for sb准备,做(一顿饭);为⋯提供食物(或饮料)◆Can I get you anything to eat or drink?我给你弄点吃的喝的好吗?◆You sit down and relax. I'll get supper.你坐着放松一下,我来做晚饭。■brew [transitive] to make beer; to make a hot drink of tea or coffee酿制(啤酒);沏(茶);煮(咖啡)◆The beer is brewed in the Czech Republic.这种啤酒在捷克共和国酿造。◆I love the smell of freshly brewed coffee.我喜欢新煮咖啡的味道。■fix (especially NAmE, spoken) to provide or prepare sth, especially food or drink提供,准备(尤指食物或饮料)◆Go right on through. I'm just fixing the drinks.直接过来吧。我正在准备饮料。◆I'm just going to fix myself some breakfast.我正要给自己弄点儿早餐。