bar·be·cue

noun

/ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/

/ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/

(abbreviation BBQ)

(also informal barbie British English, Australian English)

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a metal frame for cooking food on over an open fire outdoors（户外烧烤用的）烤架
- I put another steak on the barbecue.我在烤架上又放了一块肉排。
- a barbecue sausage (= cooked in this way)烤香肠
Topics Cooking and eatingb1, Gardensb1
an outdoor meal or party when food is cooked in this way户外烧烤
- Let's have a barbecue!我们来一次户外烧烤吧！
Topics Cooking and eatingb1

compare cookout

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish barbacoa, perhaps from Arawak barbacoa ‘wooden frame on posts’. The original sense was ‘wooden framework for sleeping on, or for storing meat or fish to be dried’.

bar·be·cue

verb

/ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/

/ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they barbecue	/ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/
he / she / it barbecues	/ˈbɑːbɪkjuːz/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːz/
past simple barbecued	/ˈbɑːbɪkjuːd/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːd/
past participle barbecued	/ˈbɑːbɪkjuːd/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːd/
-ing form barbecuing	/ˈbɑːbɪkjuːɪŋ/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːɪŋ/

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barbecue (something) to cook food on a barbecue（在烤架上）烧烤 compare broilTopics Cooking and eatingb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Barbecue is used with these nouns as the object:
chicken
meat
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish barbacoa, perhaps from Arawak barbacoa ‘wooden frame on posts’. The original sense was ‘wooden framework for sleeping on, or for storing meat or fish to be dried’.