There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.

                                                                                                        ——Robert Frost
比一个会做饭而不愿意做饭的老婆更让人恼火的是一个不会做饭但愿意做饭的老婆。
                                                                                                       ——罗伯特·弗罗斯特

一、cook有哪几种含义?

n.

做饭的人,烹饪者,厨师,炊事员

The cook hacked off a piece of roasted carcass and handed it to me.

厨师切下一块烤肉递给我。

 

v.

1.烹饪,烹调,煮,烧 [I,T]

More delicious dishes you'll get when you cook with this condiment.

烹调时用了本调料,菜肴更加鲜美可口。

 

2.编造,篡改 [I,T]

They are trying to cook up an excuse to implement their proposal.

他们正在努力编造一个理由好实行他们的计划。

 

3.密谋,秘密策划 [I,T]

二、含有cook的常见短语

cook up

编造,伪构,谋划

 

pastry cook

n. 糕点工,糕点业者

 

三、一起来玩个填词小游戏吧

I have to go and     the dinner
我得去做饭了。