cooking at home
let’s make a vegetable salad 蔬菜沙拉
l‘m making fried chicken for you. 炸鸡
I’m preparing some fried chicken for you.
be careful with the hot oil 小心热油
be cautious with the hot oil
be careful with the glasses/fire…
handle the hot oil carefully 小心热油
handle the hot oil with cautions
could you peel the potatoes?
could you peel the skin of potatoes? 你能把土豆削了吗?
peel:
N-VAR The peel of a fruit such as a lemon or an apple is its skin. You can also refer to a peel. (果) 皮
例:
…grated lemon peel.
…磨碎了的柠檬皮。
例:
…a banana peel.
…一块香蕉皮。
V-T When you peel fruit or vegetables, you remove their skins. 削皮
例:
She sat down in the kitchen and began peeling potatoes.
她在厨房里坐下,开始削土豆。
could you skin the potatoes?
could you dice the potatoes? 你能把土豆切成丁吗?
dice:
N-COUNT A dice is a small cube which has between one and six spots or numbers on its sides, and which is used in games to provide random numbers. In old-fashioned English, “dice” was used only as a plural form, and the singular was , but now “dice” is used as both the singular and the plural form.骰子(古英语中,)(dice)(仅用作复数,单数为)(die)(;现在,)(dice)(既作单数,又作复数)
例:
I throw both dice and get double 6.
我掷出2个骰子,开了2个6点。
V-T If you dice food, you cut it into small cubes. 把…切成小块
例:
Dice the onion and boil in the water for about fifteen minutes.
把洋葱切成小块,在水里煮15分钟左右。
slice the potatoes. 把土豆切成 片
slice:
N-COUNT A slice of bread, meat, fruit, or other food is a thin piece that has been cut from a larger piece. (切下的食物) 薄片
例:
Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day.
每天尽量吃至少4片面包。
V-T If you slice bread, meat, fruit, or other food, you cut it into thin pieces. 把 (食物) 切成薄片
例:
Helen sliced the cake.
海伦把蛋糕切成了薄片。
PHRASAL VERB Slice up means the same as . 把 (食物) 切成薄片
例:
I sliced up an onion.
我把洋葱切成了片。
dress the fish 把鱼内脏掏洗干净
what spices did you put in? 你放了什么佐料(调味料)
what spices did you use?
spice:
N-MASS A spice is a part of a plant, or a powder made from that part, which you put in food to give it flavour. Cinnamon, ginger, and paprika are spices. 香料例:
…herbs and spices.
…各种香草和香料。powder 粉末/ Cinnamon肉桂/ ginger姜/ paprika辣椒粉
what seasoning did you put in?
seasoning:
N-MASS Seasoning is salt, pepper, or other spices that are added to food to improve its flavor. 佐料例:
Mix the meat with the onion, carrot, and some seasoning.
将肉、洋葱、胡萝卜及一些佐料拌在一起。pepper胡椒粉
how do I know when they are ready? 我怎么知道他们熟了?
how can I tell when they are ready?
how would I know when they are ready?
could you watch the stove for me? 能帮我看着炉子吗?
N-COUNT A stove is a piece of equipment which provides heat,either for cooking or for heating a room. 炉例:
She put the kettle on the gas stove.
她把水壶放在煤气炉上。
could you keep an eye on the oven?
oven:
N-COUNT An oven is a device for cooking that is like a box with a door.You heat it and cook food inside it. 烤箱could you take care of the oven?
the gas cooker doesn’t work. 煤气炉坏了
what’s that smell? 什么味道?
oh my god, the meat was scorched. 肉要烧焦了
V-T To scorch something means to burn it slightly. 烧焦例:
The bomb scorched the side of the building.
炸弹烧焦了建筑物的侧面。
can you smell that? 你能闻到吗?
I smell something.
this knife is blunt. 这把刀钝了
this knife is too **dull. **
kitchen knife菜刀
this knife isn’t sharp at all.一点也不锋利
I don’t know why i can’t cut the fish smoothly like yours.我不知道为什么不能像你一样利落地切鱼
here, let me show you.
I cut my finger 我切到手了
I have to fix all the meals myself. 我得自己做饭
I have to do the cooking myself.
I have to cook the meal myself.
i want to leave the stew to cook for ten more minutes. 我想让炖肉焖多十分钟
stew:
N-VAR A stew is a meal which you make by cooking meat and vegetables in liquid at a low temperature. 炖煮的菜肴例:
She served him a bowl of beef stew.
她给他端了一碗炖牛肉。
Is dinner ready yet? 晚饭好了吗
you should not cook/boil the soup for too long.
you shouldn’t overcook the food.
the smell from the kitchen fill the room. it’s so fantastic.
fill:
V-T/V-I If you fill a container or area, or if it fills, an amount of something enters it that is enough to make it full. 装满
例:
She went to the bathroom, filled a glass with water, returned to the bed.
她去了盥洗室,灌满了一杯水,回到床前。
例:
The boy’s eyes filled with tears.
那男孩的眼里充满了泪水。
PHRASAL VERB Fill up means the same as . 装满
例:
Warehouses at the frontier between the two countries fill up with sacks of rice and flour.
两国交界处的仓库里装满了一袋袋大米和面粉。
yes, my mouth can not help watering. 是的, 我忍不住流口水了
have a smell of this egg and tell me if it’s bad. 闻闻这个鸡蛋。。。
smell the egg and…
I smell gas. 我闻到煤气的味道了
i smell the smell of cooking. 我闻到做饭的味道了
now the turkey should be crispy on the outside, and juicy on the inside. **火鸡**现在应该外皮焦脆,内鲜嫩多汁了
crispy:
ADJ Food that is crispy is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface. 酥脆的 [表赞许]例:
…crispy fried onions.
…炸得酥脆的洋葱。
that’s amazing, i always c the turkey wrapped in foil the entire time it wasn’t in the oven, i guess the was the reason why the outside was never crispy.