cooks - Tìm kiếm | Laban Dictionary - Từ điển Anh - Việt, Việt

Anh-Việt Anh-Anh

cook

/ˈkʊk/

US UK

noun

plural cooks

[count] :someone who prepares and cooks food for eating at home, in a restaurant, etc.

He's a good cook. [=he cooks well]

verb

cooks; cooked; cooking

to prepare (food) for eating especially by using heat [+ obj]

Cook the onions over low/medium/high heat.

She cooked a great meal.

I'll cook dinner tonight.

The fish was cooked in a white wine sauce.

Carrots can be cooked, but they are often eaten raw.

a cooked chicken

Are the potatoes cooked through? [=done] = Are the potatoes fully/thoroughly cooked? [no obj]

We're too busy to cook at home.

He enjoys cooking on the weekends.

[no obj] :to go through the process of being cooked

The rice is still cooking, but it will be ready in 10 minutes.

[no obj] informal :to happen or take place

What's cooking?

There's something cooking, but he won't say what.

be cooking

informal :to be performing or doing something well

The economy is really cooking.

That's it! Now you're cooking!

cook someone's goose

informal :to make it certain that someone will fail, lose, etc.

They were already trailing, and that last goal really cooked their goose.

Their goose was cooked after that last goal.

cook the books

informal :to dishonestly change official records of how much money was spent and received

They cooked the books to drive up the company's stock prices.

cook up

[phrasal verb]

cook up (something) or cook (something) up

to prepare (food) for eating especially quickly

I can cook up some hamburgers.

to invent (something, such as an idea, excuse, etc.) to deal with a particular situation

They cooked up [=devised, hatched] a scheme to fool their neighbor.

You'll have to cook an excuse up quickly.

* Các từ tương tự:
cookbook, cooker, cookery, cookery book, cookie, cookie cutter, cookie sheet, cookie-cutter, cooking