Parola del giorno in inglese

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
cook
1. sost. (gastronomia) cuoco
2. verb. cuocere
you must cook the meat before eating it! - devi cuocere la carne prima di mangiarla!
the bread was cooking in the oven - il pane stava cuocendo nel forno
3. verb. (Glossa;anche con uso intransitivo) cucinare
my husband cooks wonderful dishes - mio marito cucina dei piatti favolosi
who is cooking tonight? - chi cucina stasera?
inglese > inglese
cook
1. subst. (cooking) A person who prepares food for a living.
2. subst. (cooking) The head cook of a manor house
3. subst. (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
Police found two meth cooks working in the illicit lab.
4. subst. (slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
5. subst. A fish, the European striped wrasse,.
6. v. To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
I'm cooking bangers and mash.
7. v. (intransitive) To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
He's in the kitchen, cooking.
8. v. (intransitive) To be being cooked.
The dinner is cooking on the stove.
9. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.
10. v. (slang) To execute by electric chair.
11. v. (transitive, slang) To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
I always cook my frags, in case they try to grab one and throw it back.
12. v. To concoct or prepare.
13. v. To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
14. v. (intransitive, jazz, slang) To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
Watch this band: they cook!
Crank up the Coltrane and start cooking!
15. v. (intransitive, idiomatic, music, slang) To play music vigorously.
On the Wagner piece, the orchestra was cooking!
16. v. (obsolete, rare, intransitive) To make the noise of the cuckoo.
17. v. (dialect) To throw.
italiano > inglese
cucinare
1. v. (transitive, cooking) To cook

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Esempi d'uso

He is proud that his wife is a good cook.      È orgoglioso che sua moglie sia una brava cuoca. Please help me cook.      Per piacere, mi aiuti a cucinare. I cook, but I don't do that with much pleasure.      Cucino, però non lo faccio con molto piacere. The cook served the family for many years.      Il cuoco ha servito la famiglia per molti anni. I didn't know you were such a good cook.      Non sapevo che fossi un così bravo cuoco.

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