Tra từ cooking - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cooking apple
catering/restaurant/cooking facilities
▪ The rooms all have cooking facilities and a fridge.
cooking apple
cooking chocolate (=chocolate to use in cooking)
▪ Melt the cooking chocolate and spread it over the tray.
cooking instructions
▪ The cooking instructions can be found on the side of the packet.
cooking oil
cooking tips
▪ Most recipes come with added cooking tips.
do the shopping/cleaning/ironing/cooking etc
▪ Who does the cooking in your family?
home cooking
▪ good old-fashioned home cooking
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
basic
▪ In hospital environments basic services such as cooking and laundry were organized centrally and cleaning was undertaken by domestics.
▪ People will find it progressively difficult to meet their basic need for cooking energy.
▪ The rooms are clean and comfortable and all have basic cooking facilities.
▪ Of the six basic housework tasks cooking is, according to these women, potentially the most enjoyable activity.
good
▪ Having said that, it's a convenient - though quite pricey - way to buy a good quality cooking outfit.
▪ Instead, it gives a few lines of new advice on better cooking methods.
▪ So, to bring out the best in your cooking make sure you use the purest soy sauce, Kikkoman Soy Sauce.
▪ A continental breakfast, with cheeses and meats, is served and dinner is four courses and consists of good home cooking.
▪ Left-over Stilton is very good for cooking and is an affordable substitute for Roquefort.
▪ And the other girls didn't seem to be any good at cooking.
▪ It is safer to cook the stuffing separately from the turkey to give the turkey a better chance of cooking right through.
▪ It is often referred to as baker's cheese and is, as implied, very good for cooking.
traditional
▪ Recession has put traditional country cooking firmly back on the menu.
▪ But there are now several recognised cooking methods that not only maintain the standards of traditional cooking, but improve on them.
▪ All these functions can be combined to give you the advantages of traditional cooking in less than half the normal cooking time.
▪ Persevere Enjoy traditional home cooking in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.
NOUN
home
▪ Fine home cooking and all the other special comforts you would expect in this beautifully restored home.
▪ Excellent home cooking with choice of menu.
▪ Breakfast is continental style and dinners are tasty home cooking with a choice of menu.
▪ Good home cooking is served and fresh local and garden produce are used.
▪ This hotel has an excellent reputation for its home cooking.
▪ A continental breakfast, with cheeses and meats, is served and dinner is four courses and consists of good home cooking.
▪ It's big healthy hunks of wholesome home cooking served to a joyous family gathering.
▪ Persevere Enjoy traditional home cooking in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.
time
▪ A shelf allows more food to be cooked at the same time, though the cooking times will be longer.
▪ Increase the cooking time if you like your lamb well done.
▪ Calculate the cooking time by using the bird's stuffed weight.
▪ Power is instantaneous, which means that no preheating time is required, so overall cooking times are reduced.
▪ The meat is then replaced into the oven and set on combi-steaming for the rest of the cooking time.
▪ All these functions can be combined to give you the advantages of traditional cooking in less than half the normal cooking time.
▪ The combination of these methods provides optimum cooking quality and shorter cooking times of up to five times less than conventional methods.
▪ Be guided by the cooking time on the packet and always taste the pasta yourself to check that it is not overcooked.
times
▪ A shelf allows more food to be cooked at the same time, though the cooking times will be longer.
▪ Power is instantaneous, which means that no preheating time is required, so overall cooking times are reduced.
▪ The combination of these methods provides optimum cooking quality and shorter cooking times of up to five times less than conventional methods.
▪ Simply look up the cake tin size in the charts on pages 8-12 for all the ingredients, quantities and cooking times.
VERB
enjoy
▪ Instead, he became a professor of immunology but says that he still enjoys cooking.
▪ She enjoyed cooking, and sewing, and listening to other people's adventures.
▪ I enjoy keep-fit, cooking, crosswords, kids and anything exciting.
▪ Both enjoy cooking, appreciate good food and love entertaining.
▪ She enjoys the cooking and it shows in her wholesome and hearty meals.
▪ Persevere Enjoy traditional home cooking in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.
▪ She enjoys reading, cooking, arts and crafts, quizzes and good conversation.
like
▪ A lorry driver's wife: I do like cooking if I've got time to do it properly.
▪ He says he likes the cooking, woodwork and the teachers.
need
▪ The recipe here is for a simple marzipan that needs no cooking.
▪ The recipe given here is a quick-to-make fondant that does not need cooking.
▪ Couscous is an excellent base for hot and cold salads and it doesn't need cooking - simply soak it.
▪ It says they don't need any cooking but I rather wonder.
▪ There are many recipes but here's a specially easy one which needs no cooking.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be cooking
▪ Hey, guys! What's cooking?
▪ The band is really cooking tonight.
▪ Once in a while, think about why you are cooking, serving and eating together as a family.
▪ Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire.
▪ We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable.
▪ While boar is cooking, saute mushrooms in remaining 1 tablespoon of butter until lightly golden brown; set aside.
▪ While parsnips are cooking, in a small skillet, saute onion and saffron in butter until soft but not browned.
▪ While sauce is cooking, in another large saute pan, saute apple wedges in butter until lightly browned.
▪ While the buns were cooking members were divided into teams.
▪ While the rice is cooking, add the saffron to the stock and allow to stand. 4.
be cooking (with gas)
▪ Laundry flew from the flagpoles; windows were broken or boarded-up; there were cooking fires in the roads.
▪ Once in a while, think about why you are cooking, serving and eating together as a family.
▪ Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire.
▪ The air was rippling with heat above the goats, as if they were cooking.
▪ The East Village was cooking then.
▪ While parsnips are cooking, in a small skillet, saute onion and saffron in butter until soft but not browned.
▪ While the Quorn mixture is cooking, cook the rice according to the instructions.
▪ While the rice is cooking, add the saffron to the stock and allow to stand. 4.
ethnic cooking/fashion/design etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Do you do a lot of cooking?
▪ Gail's cooking is always good.
▪ His hobbies include cooking and wine-making.
▪ I can recommend that new Greek restaurant. Their cooking is excellent.
▪ Karen loves Italian cooking.
▪ Maybe you should take a Chinese cooking class.
▪ Southern cooking
▪ Stop criticizing my cooking!
▪ There's nothing like home cooking.
▪ Who does the cooking in your house?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All meals are provided and the centre specialises in vegetarian cooking.
▪ Because they can see nothing in front of them but cooking and scrubbing and mending ... and endless babies.
▪ Even though cooking may destroy the bacterial cells, it is unlikely to inactivate the toxin.
▪ He would give £5 to my mum for all the cooking and £5 to my father and £5 to my uncle.
▪ Jean-Claude Kausmann doesn't get involved in laundering in his own home - but he does do all the shopping and cooking.
▪ Their job is at home, in bed and then doing the cooking.
II. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be cooking
▪ Hey, guys! What's cooking?
▪ The band is really cooking tonight.
▪ Once in a while, think about why you are cooking, serving and eating together as a family.
▪ Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire.
▪ We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable.
▪ While boar is cooking, saute mushrooms in remaining 1 tablespoon of butter until lightly golden brown; set aside.
▪ While parsnips are cooking, in a small skillet, saute onion and saffron in butter until soft but not browned.
▪ While sauce is cooking, in another large saute pan, saute apple wedges in butter until lightly browned.
▪ While the buns were cooking members were divided into teams.
▪ While the rice is cooking, add the saffron to the stock and allow to stand. 4.
be cooking (with gas)
▪ Laundry flew from the flagpoles; windows were broken or boarded-up; there were cooking fires in the roads.
▪ Once in a while, think about why you are cooking, serving and eating together as a family.
▪ Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire.
▪ The air was rippling with heat above the goats, as if they were cooking.
▪ The East Village was cooking then.
▪ While parsnips are cooking, in a small skillet, saute onion and saffron in butter until soft but not browned.
▪ While the Quorn mixture is cooking, cook the rice according to the instructions.
▪ While the rice is cooking, add the saffron to the stock and allow to stand. 4.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Add the tomatoes and some of the cooking water.
▪ That's cooking chocolate -- you shouldn't really eat it on its own.
▪ We keep all the cooking utensils on the bottom shelf.

cooking

I. cook‧ing¹ /ˈkʊkɪŋ/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
[Word Family: noun: cook, cooker, cookery, cooking; adjective: cooked ≠ uncooked, overcooked ≠ UNDERCOOKED, cooking; verb: cook, overcook ≠ UNDERCOOK]
1. the act of making food and cooking it:
　 ▪ My mother does all the cooking.
　 ▪ I love cooking.

2. food made in a particular way or by a particular person:
　 ▪ My compliments on your cooking.
　 ▪ Indian cooking
　 ▪ simple basic home cooking (=good food like the food you get in your own home)
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COLLOCATIONS
verbs
▪do the cooking
　 ▪ Who does the cooking in your house?
▪share the cooking (=both cook the food)
　 ▪ Pete and I usually share the cooking.
▪like/enjoy cooking
　 ▪ I enjoy cooking at the weekend.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + cooking
▪home cooking (=food cooked at home, not in a restaurant)
　 ▪ Home cooking always tastes best to me.
▪Italian/French etc cooking
　 ▪ Fresh herbs are used a lot in Thai cooking.
▪traditional cooking
　 ▪ Traditional Asian cooking uses a lot of oil.
▪vegetarian cooking
　 ▪ a book on vegetarian cooking
▪slow cooking
　 ▪ Slow cooking gives the dish a better flavour.
cooking + NOUN
▪cooking facilities (=somewhere to cook, with the equipment you need)
　 ▪ The apartment has one bedroom and a sitting-room with cooking facilities.
▪cooking time (=how long you cook something for)
　 ▪ Adjust the cooking time according to the size of the bird.
▪cooking utensils (=pots, spoons, knives etc that you use when cooking)
　 ▪ The kitchen has all the cooking utensils you will need.
▪a cooking method
　 ▪ Adjust your cooking methods for healthy eating.
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THESAURUS
preparing food
▪grate to cut cheese, carrot etc into small pieces by rubbing it against a special tool :
　 ▪ Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the top of the pasta.
▪melt to make butter, chocolate etc become liquid :
　 ▪ Melt the butter, chocolate, and 1 teaspoon of cream over a low heat.
▪sieve British English, sift American English to put flour or other powders through a sieve (=tool like a net made of wire, which you use for removing larger grains or pieces) :
　 ▪ Sift the flour and cocoa before adding to the rest of the mixture.
▪chop to cut something into pieces, especially using a big knife :
　 ▪ Chop up the vegetables.
▪dice to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces :
　 ▪ Dice the carrots and then fry them in butter.
▪season to add salt, pepper etc to food :
　 ▪ Season the meat before grilling.
▪crush to use a lot of force to break something such as seeds into very small pieces or into a powder :
　 ▪ Add one clove of crushed garlic.
▪mix to combine different foods together :
　 ▪ Mix together all the ingredients in one bowl.
▪beat/whisk to mix food together quickly with a fork or other tool :
　 ▪ Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks.
▪stir to turn food around with a spoon :
　 ▪ Stir the sauce gently to prevent burning.
▪fold something in to gently mix another substance into a mixture :
　 ▪ Fold in the beaten egg whites.
▪knead to press dough (=a mixture of flour and water) many times with your hands when you are making bread :
　 ▪ Knead the dough for ten minutes, until smooth.
▪drizzle to slowly pour a small amount of a liquid onto something :
　 ▪ Drizzle with olive oil.
▪let something stand to leave something somewhere, before you do something else with it :
　 ▪ Let the mixture stand for a couple of hours so that it cools naturally.
▪serve to put different foods together as part of a meal :
　 ▪ Serve with rice and a salad.
　 ▪ Serve the aubergines on a bed of lettuce.

II. cooking² adjective
[Word Family: noun: cook, cooker, cookery, cooking; adjective: cooked ≠ uncooked, overcooked ≠ UNDERCOOKED, cooking; verb: cook, overcook ≠ UNDERCOOK]
[ONLY BEFORE NOUN]
suitable for or used in cooking:
　 ▪ The rooms all have cooking facilities (=there is cooking equipment in the rooms).
cooking pot/utensils/equipment etc
　 ▪ cooking apples