1. cook
做飯/廚師
cook dinner
做晚飯/做飯
cook meals
做飯
prepare dishes
準備飯菜
Notes:首先,關(guān)于做飯就有很多種表達方式,以上都是做菜/飯的意思。“cook”除了做動詞,表示“做菜,烹飪”,還可以做名詞,表示“廚師”。那么,問題來了:你會做飯嗎?你的廚藝如何?請看例句:
I love cooking, also very handy at cooking.
我喜歡并且非常擅長做飯。
It’s my turn to cook dinner, but I’m a terrible cook. Can you help me prepare dishes?
該我做飯了,但我廚藝很差。你能幫我準備飯菜嗎?
短語“handy at”表示“擅長某件事”。廚藝好除了“good/handy at cooking”還可以用“a good cook”等方式表達;類似的,廚藝差可以用“lousy at cooking”“a bad/terrible cook”等表達方式。
2. fry
炒,炸,煎
steam
蒸
roast
烤
boil
煮
smoke
熏
braise
燉
stew
燉,燜
salt
腌
Notes:烹飪方式可謂多種多樣。你喜歡哪一種呢?下面分別用菜名來舉例:
I had some burgers and French fries tonight.
今晚我吃了漢堡和炸薯條。
He fries beef steaks very well.
他很會煎牛排。
普及一下,牛排一般說beef steak,羊排一般是lamb chop,豬排是pork chop。
Those steamed buns smell good.
那些蒸饅頭聞起來很香。
Roast fish is their specialty.
烤魚是他們店的特色。
She eats one boiled egg every morning.
她每天早上都會吃一個白煮蛋。
This smoked fish is spicy.
這條熏魚好辣。
My favourite dish is braised beef with potatoes.
我最愛吃的菜是土豆燉牛肉。
She bought a pot to stew beef.
她買了新鍋燜牛肉。
I never eat salted fish.
我從來不吃咸魚。
3. nice/savory/delicious/tasty/yummy
好吃的
appetizing
開胃的
disgusting/terrible/awful (food)
(食物)難吃的
flavorful/flavorless
美味的/沒有味道的
Notes:如何說一道菜很好吃或者很難吃呢?相信大家都有在餐館里吃到美味的和難吃的菜的經(jīng)歷。以上列舉了一些意義相反的形容詞。其中,“yummy”是非正式用法,比較適合小盆友;savory還有名詞意義,指“開胃菜”;flavorless偏向于美式用法??纯蠢浒?
The dishes there are nice/savory/delicious/tasty/flavorful.
那兒的菜很好吃。
Her birthday cake is really yummy.
她的生日蛋糕真的很好吃。
I’ll never go to that restaurant again. There food is disgusting/terrible/awful.
我絕不會再去那家餐廳。他們的菜太難吃了。
The dish is flavorless.
這道菜沒什么味道。