| 释义 |
cook-out, cookout orig. U.S.|ˈkʊkaʊt|
[f. cook n. and v.1 + out adv.]
An outdoor gathering at which food is cooked; a barbecue.
1947Reader's Digest May 22 At a breakfast cook-out one boy was delegated to cook scrambled eggs. 1950Even. Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 9 Sept., A cookout at the Campfire Girls' cabin. 1958Listener 17 July 81/2 People who pride themselves on plain-speaking call this [a barbecue] a ‘cook-out’. 1962J. Potts Evil Wish i. 17 She'll..make a patio out of it. So they can have cook-outs. 1969Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 14/6 They stayed for five weeks, had cook-outs on the beach and occasional nights in Montego Bay. |