Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #6149
chef
专业厨师；职业厨师
a professional cook
- 1.
The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
大户人家厨房的主厨
- 2.
a professional cook
专业厨师
- 3.
The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.
餐厅或其他机构的主厨
- 4.
Any cook.
任何厨师
主厨；厨师长；任何厨师；做饭的人；大户人家厨房的主厨；专业厨师；餐厅或其他机构的主厨
In use
The chef prepared a delicious three-course meal for the guests.
After years of training, she finally became the head chef at a famous restaurant.
The chef's signature dish is a grilled salmon with lemon butter sauce.
work as a chef
She works as a chef in a busy hotel kitchen.
她在一家繁忙的酒店厨房里当厨师。
chef of + [restaurant]
常用于指明所属餐厅或机构。
The chef of this restaurant is famous for his sushi.
这家餐厅的厨师以他的寿司闻名。
chef's + [noun]
所有格结构，表示与厨师相关的物品或特色。
Connections
Collocations
- head chef
- 主厨
- The head chef trained in Paris.这位主厨曾在巴黎受训。
- chef's knife
- 厨师刀
- He sharpened his chef's knife before service.他在服务前磨了厨师刀。
- chef de cuisine
- 行政主厨
- She was promoted to chef de cuisine.她被提升为行政主厨。
- chef's special
- 厨师推荐
- Tonight's chef's special is grilled salmon.今晚的厨师推荐是烤三文鱼。
- chef hat
- 厨师帽
- The chef adjusted his tall white chef hat.那位厨师调整了他高高的白色厨师帽。
- chef's table
- 厨师餐桌
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆点：chef中的ch读作/ʃ/，和“师傅”的“师”（shī）发音相近，联想到专业厨师就是大师傅。
Context & Register
常见场景：professional kitchen、restaurant 通常用于专业烹饪场合，如餐厅或酒店厨房，但在日常对话中也可使用，指称以烹饪为职业的人。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words that truly rhyme with chef (same stressed vowel /ɛ/) include 'clef', 'deaf', and 'ref'. Note that words like 'beef', 'thief', and 'chief' are spelled with '-ef' but have the vowel /iː/, so they do not rhyme even though they look similar.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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