/ˈkʊkɪŋ ||; ˈkυkɪŋ/noun [U]:
1 the preparation of food for eating 烹饪；烹调: Cooking is one of her hobbies. 烹饪是她的嗜好之一。
A common way of talking about the activity of preparing food is do the cooking In our house, I do the cleaning and my husband does the cooking. 做饭一般叫do the cooking：In our house, I do the cleaning and my husband does the cooking. 在家里，我负责打扫，我丈夫负责做饭。 2 food produced by cooking 饭菜；熟菜: He missed his mother's cooking when he left home. 他离家以后很怀念母亲所做的饭菜。