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cook·ie /ˈkʊki/ S3 W3 noun [countableC]

especially American EnglishAmEDF a small flat sweet cake 小甜饼，甜饼干，曲奇 SYN British English biscuit

a glass of milk and a cookie

一杯牛奶和一块小甜饼

a chocolate chip cookie

带巧克力碎粒的小甜饼

2. tough/smart cookie informalINTELLIGENT someone who is clever and successful, and knows how to get what they want 厉害/精明能干的人

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tough/smart cookie• The Gingerbread Man Summary A fox ate a smart cookie.• Mr Kinnock is clearly a tough cookie.• Unless Newman is a smart cookie.• Barney's a tough cookie. He knows how to play politics.• Monroe herself, of course, was a smart cookie, but she knew enough to play dumb.• Now, women on television are depicted as tough cookies who need a man like a fish needs a trouser press.• Being a dedicated tough cookie, he has delivered the goods in impressive manner.• In general, the provincial circuit is a far tougher cookie than its metropolitan counterpart.• We're tough cookies here, and so are you.

3. that’s the way the cookie crumbles informalACCEPT said when something bad has happened and you must accept things the way they are, even though you do not want to 生米已煮成熟饭〔指不合意的事已发生，不得不接受〕

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that’s the way the cookie crumbles• "Sorry you didn't get the job, Mike." "Yeah, thanks. I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles."

4. technical information that a website leaves in your computer so that the website will recognize you when you use it again 网络标记〔网站在访问者计算机上留下的资料，下次再访该网站时可辨认出访问者的身份〕

5. WOMANBEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKING American EnglishAmE old-fashioned an attractive young woman 美貌姑娘

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cookie• Christmas and commercialism, like milk and cookies, have always gone together.• I buy my six-pack and some chocolate chip cookies.• The final cookie has been bought.• molasses cookies• By examining the cookie, Web sites can take note of what other sites you have visited.• Allow to cool slightly before transferring the cookies to a wire rack.• In general, the provincial circuit is a far tougher cookie than its metropolitan counterpart.

From Longman Business Dictionary

cookiecook·ie /ˈkʊki/ noun [countableC]

COMPUTING a file containing information that is sent to your computer when you visit a website, so that the website will recognize you when you use it again

Most major websites use cookies to arrange the content of the website in a way that matches your preferred interests.

Origin cookie

(1700-1800) Dutch koekje, from koek “cake”

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