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- with obj. prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients in various ways烹调, 煮, 烧：
shall I cook dinner tonight?
今晚我做饭好吗？
with two objs she cooked me eggs and bacon她为我做了鸡蛋和熏肉
as adj. cooked a cooked breakfast熟食早餐
no obj. I told you I could cook.我告诉过你我会做饭。
1.1
- no obj.(of food) be heated so that the state or condition required for eating is reached被烹调; 被烧煮：
while the rice is cooking, add the saffron to the stock.
煮饭时在汤里加一些藏红花。
1.2
cook something down
heat food and cause it to thicken and reduce in volume熬制（食品）：cooking down the chutney can take up to 45 minutes.
熬制酸辣酱需要45分钟。
1.3
- no obj.
cook down
(of food being cooked) be reduced in volume in this way熬制。
1.4
be cooking
informal be happening or planned〈非正式〉发生; 计划中：what's cooking on the alternative fuels front?
替代燃料这个领域有什么进展？
2
- with obj. informal alter dishonestly; falsify〈非正式〉篡改; 伪造：
a narcotics team who cooked the evidence.
制造假证据的缉毒小组。
2.1
be cooked
be in an inescapably bad situation陷入困境：if I can't talk to him I'm cooked.
要是不能和他谈一谈, 我就惨了。
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- no obj. N. Amer. informal perform or proceed vigorously or very well〈北美, 非正式〉干得起劲; 做得欢; 干得好：
the band used to get up on the bandstand and really cook.
这支乐队以前总是站在乐池里, 演奏得热火朝天。
often with adj. or noun modifier
- a person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way烹饪者; 厨师, 炊事员：
Susan was a school cook.
苏珊是学校的厨师
I'm a good cook.
我做得一手好菜。
短语
cook the books
- informal alter facts or figures dishonestly or illegally〈非正式〉作假; 篡改（事实或数字）。
cook someone's goose
- informal spoil someone's plans; cause someone's downfall〈非正式〉使（某人的计划等）受挫; 使垮台。
too many cooks spoil the broth
- proverb if too many people are involved in a task or activity, it will not be done well〈谚〉厨师多了烧坏汤; 人多反坏事。
派生词
cookable
adjective词源
Old English cōc (noun), from popular Latin cocus, from Latin coquus.
短语动词
cook something up
- concoct a story, excuse, or plan, especially an ingenious or devious one策划; 捏造（情况, 理由, 计划）。