v (1) 1)烹调，煮(prepare (food) for eating by using heat，eg by boiling，baking，roasting，frying)[I，T+n，D+n+n，D+n+prep(for)]：learn to～学会烹调;know how to～懂得烹调;～a dinner/a meal/food做饭/一顿饭/吃的;～meat/Chinese dishes 烧肉/中国菜;a～ed breakfast做好的早饭;～sb a good dinner/a good dinner for sb 给某人做一顿美餐;2)(被)烹调(煮)(be prepared for eating in this way)[I]：Dinners/Vegetables are～ing.正在做饭/蔬菜。The meat/rice～s slowly.这肉/稻米熟得慢。

(2)策划，发生(be planned;happen as a result of plotting)[I][用prog](infml)：What's～ing? 在搞什么名堂? There's something～ing.有什么秘密事情在进行。

(3)篡改，捏造(change (facts，numbers，etc) secretly or dishonestly so as to deceive for one's own advantage)[T+n](infml)(derog)：be dismissed for～ing the books/the accounts/the statistic/the figures/the result/the marks因造假账/造假账/篡改数据/篡改数字/篡改结果/篡改标志被解雇;

cook up (v adv)编(捏)造(vt)：～up an excuse/a story/a bizarre theory编造借口/谎话/怪诞的理论;

→′cooking n 烹调;adj 烹调用的;′cooker n 炊具(锅);′cookery n 烹调(术);′cook-house n(野营)炊事房;′cookout n 野餐(饭食);

n 厨师(person who cooks food)[C]：work/be employed as a～当/被雇为厨师;be a good/bad～很会/不会做饭;be not much of a～不怎么会做饭;

【说明】 与cook有关的词汇见 BAKE。