名詞 cook:

1. someone who cooks food
2. English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
   同義詞：James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook

動詞 cook:

1. prepare a hot meal
2. prepare for eating by applying heat
   同義詞：fix, ready, make, prepare
3. transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
4. transform by heating
5. fake or falsify
   同義詞：fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, wangle, misrepresent

1. I know they only meant to help, but it was a case of too many cooks, I'm afraid.
   我知道他們一心想幫忙，可惜人多反而壞了事。
2. Do you want your vegetables cooked or raw?
   你要把蔬菜煮熟還是生吃？

cook

v.（動詞）
cooked,cook.ing,cooks
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To prepare (food) for eating by applying heat.
烹調(diào)：通過加熱加工（食物）使它可以食用
To prepare or treat by heating:
煮，燒：通過加熱加工或處理：
例句：
slowly cooked the medicinal mixture.
慢慢熬煮這藥材

Slang To alter or falsify so as to make a more favorable impression; doctor:
【俚語】 偽造：為了產(chǎn)生更加有利的效果而更改或篡改；修改：
例句：
disreputable accountants who were paid to cook the firm`s books.
因篡改公司的帳冊而聲名狼藉會計師

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To prepare food for eating by applying heat.
烹飪：通過加熱加工食物使之可食用
To undergo application of heat especially for the purpose of later ingestion.
烹調(diào)：尤指為了以后的食用而進行加熱烹調(diào)
Slang To happen, develop, or take place:
【俚語】 發(fā)生、發(fā)展或進行：
例句：
What`s cooking in townô
城里發(fā)生了什么事ô

Slang To proceed or perform very well:
【俚語】 進行或演奏得很好：
例句：
The band really got cooking after midnight.
樂團在午夜以后的演奏棒極了

n.（名詞）
A person who prepares food for eating.
廚子：加工食物使之可食用的人

<常用詞組>cook up 【非正式用語】
To fabricate; concoct:
策劃；捏造：
例句：
cook up an excuse.
編造借口

<習慣用語>cook (one`s) goose【俚語】
To ruin (one`s) chances:
破壞（某人的）機遇：
例句：
The speeding ticket cooked his goose with his father. Her goose was cooked when she was caught cheating on the test.
超速駕駛罰款單使他在他父親那兒倒了霉。當她考試作弊被抓住時，一下名聲掃地

來源：
Middle English coken
中古英語 coken
from coke [cook]
源自 coke [廚子]
from Old English côc
源自 古英語 côc
from Vulgar Latin *côcus
源自 俗拉丁語 *côcus
from Latin cocus, coquus
源自 拉丁語 cocus, coquus
from coquere [to cook] * see pek w-
源自 coquere [烹調(diào)] *參見 pek w-