/kʊk ||; kυk/verb1 [I,T] to prepare food for eating by heating it 煮，烹，做（饭菜）: My mother taught me how to cook. 妈妈教我怎样做饭。The sauce should be cooked on a low heat for twenty minutes. 这酱汁必须以慢火煮二十分钟。He cooked us a meal. 他给我们做了一顿饭。
2 [I] (used about food) to be prepared for eating by being heated （指食物）煮着: I could smell something cooking in the kitchen. 我闻到厨房里有煮东西的味道。
Food can be cooked in various ways: by boiling in a saucepan of hot water; by frying in a frying pan with hot oil or fat; or by grilling under a grill, which heats the food from above. We can toast bread under a grill or in a toaster to make it crisp and brown. Cakes and bread are baked in the oven, but we use the word roast for cooking meat or potatoes in the oven. 食物可以不同方式来烹调：可放在长柄平底锅内用热水煮(boil)；放在煎锅内用热油或脂肪煎(fry)；或用烤架把食物烤熟(grill)。面包可放在烤架或烤面包器内烤(toast)，使之松脆及色泽金黄。蛋糕及面包放在烤箱内烘(bake)，而肉类或马铃薯则放在烤箱里烤(roast)。 cook sth up(
informal 非正式) to invent sth that is not true 虚构，杜撰（某事物）:
She cooked up an excuse for not arriving on time. 她为迟到编造借口。