Word · Frequency #1124
kitchen
/ˈkɪtʃən/
verb
下厨；做饭
to do kitchen work; to prepare food
- 1.
To do kitchen work; to prepare food.
做厨房工作；准备食物。
- 2.
To embellish a basic food; to season, add condiments, etc.
给基本食物添加调料；调味、加佐料等。
- 3.
To embellish; to dress up.
装饰；打扮。
调味；加佐料；装饰；打扮；做厨房工作；准备食物。；给基本食物添加调料；调味、加佐料等。；装饰；打扮。
In use
She kitchened all afternoon, chopping vegetables and roasting a chicken for dinner.
If we kitchen together, we will finish the meal much faster.
He was kitchening in the back room while the children played outside.
Verb forms
base kitchen · third person kitchens · -ing kitchening · past kitchened · past participle kitchened
注：动词 kitchen 较罕见，表示在厨房制备食物或添加配料、调味品来提升风味。
Connections
Word family
- kitchens
- plural, third person singular
- kitchened
- past, past participle
- kitchening
- present participle
Learner notes
Grammar Note
该词作动词时，及物用法后接被加工或装饰的事物；不及物用法表示在厨房干活。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.