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a/an [adjective] cook
She is a good cook.
她是个好厨师。
厨师；炊事员
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厨师；炊事员
a person who cooks food
She is a good cook.
她是个好厨师。
准备食物的人。
A person who prepares food.
烹饪食物的人
someone who cooks food
庄园里的主厨。
The head cook of a manor house.
英国航海家,曾为英国宣称澳大利亚东海岸并发现多个太平洋岛屿(1728-1779)
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
The cook prepared a delicious three-course meal for the guests.
那位厨师为客人们准备了一顿美味的三道菜餐。
My aunt is a cook in a famous Italian restaurant.
我姑姑在一家著名的意大利餐厅当厨师。
The two cooks have very different cooking styles.
这两位厨师有非常不同的烹饪风格。
She is a good cook.
她是个好厨师。
定冠词特指某个厨师。
The cook is preparing dinner.
厨师正在准备晚餐。
Not this
He is a cooker.
Use this
He is a cook.
“cooker”指厨具（如电饭锅），而非人。表示“厨师”应用名词“cook”。
Not this
He is cook.
Use this
He is a cook.
“cook”为可数名词，单数形式前需加不定冠词“a”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
好厨师；会做饭的人
My grandmother is a good cook.
我祖母很会做饭。
主厨；厨师长
The head cook decides the daily menu.
主厨决定每日菜单。
快餐厨师；速食厨师
He works as a short-order cook at a diner.
他在一家小餐馆当快餐厨师。
流水线厨师；炉灶厨师
She works as a line cook in a busy restaurant.
她在一家繁忙的餐馆当流水线厨师。
人多反而误事；厨子多了烧坏汤
With three people editing the same article, too many cooks spoil the broth.
三个人编辑同一篇文章，人多反而误事。
厨师多了烧坏汤；人多反误事
We had three people editing the same document, and too many cooks spoiled the broth.
我们让三个人编辑同一份文件，结果人多手杂反倒把事弄糟了。
身兼数职的人；什么都管的人
She is the head cook and bottle washer in our small company, handling everything from sales to cleaning.
她是我们小公司里身兼数职的人，从销售到清洁什么都管。
她是个好厨子，就厨子的普遍水平而言；而就厨子的去留而言，她走了。
Saki (H.H. Munro), from the short story 'The Reticence of Lady Anne' (1911). The humor lies in a pun: 'as cooks go' means both 'as cooks are generally' and 'as cooks leave.'
出自萨基（H.H. 芒罗）的短篇小说《安妮夫人的缄默》（1911）。幽默在于双关：'as cooks go' 既可表示“就厨子的普遍水平而言”，也可表示“就厨子的离开而言”。
厨子多了打坏汤。（人多反误事。）
A traditional English proverb warning that too many people working on the same task can ruin the result, rather than improve it.
传统英语谚语，告诫人们插手同一件事的人太多反而会把事情搞砸。
发短 /ʊ/ 音 (如 good, book)
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cook里两个o像两口锅，厨师围着锅转，就是cook（厨师）。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、餐厅厨房、招聘或职业描述 cook 作名词时通常指烹饪食物的人，属于日常中性用词，在口语和书面语中都较常见；若指餐厅主厨或更正式的职位，有时会用 chef，但 cook 本身并不限于非正式场合。
可数名词，指人
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