单词 | kitchen |
释义 | kitchen (once / 132 pages) n People always hang out in the kitchen at a party because a kitchen is where the food is. Restaurants have kitchens too, but only the kitchen staff hangs out in there. A kitchen is a room that’s meant for cooking. Whether you're making a four-course meal or microwave popcorn, the kitchen is where the magic happens. Schools, hospitals, and restaurants have kitchens. The word kitchen can also be used as an adjective. Guess where the kitchen cabinets are? If someone says you’ve packed everything but the kitchen sink, your suitcase is overflowing. And you should totally go back and get that sink. The Old English root of kitchen is from the Vulgar Latin cocina, rooted in coquere, "cook." WORD FAMILYkitchen: kitchens USAGE EXAMPLESThe 25-year-old victim fell through the corrugated plastic ceiling of a kitchen annexe in a basement flat on Charles Road on New Year's Day. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) She said that distinguishes the brand from standard wine advertising, which involves bottles “in the kitchen with cheese.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) My point isn’t that we spend hours or a fortune in the kitchen, just that we adopt an old-fashioned approach where we avoid processed food. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) n a room equipped for preparing meals Hypo|Hyper caboose, cookhouse, galley, ship's galley the area for food preparation on a ship galleythe kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner kitchenettesmall kitchen cuddythe galley or pantry of a small ship room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling |
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