bake S3 / beɪk / 动词 [不及物和及物动词]

1 to cook something using dry heat, in an oven :

I’m baking some bread.

baked potatoes

Bake at 250 degrees for 20 minutes.

2 to make something become hard by heating it :

The bricks were baked in the sun.

→ baking 1 , half-baked

THESAURUS

ways of cooking something

bake to cook things such as bread or cakes in an oven : Tom baked a cake for my birthday.

roast to cook meat or vegetables in an oven : Roast the potatoes for an hour.

fry to cook food in hot oil : She was frying some mushrooms.

stir-fry to fry small pieces of food while moving them around continuously : stir-fried tofu and bean sprouts

sauté / səʊteɪ $ soʊteɪ / to fry vegetables for a short time in a small amount of butter or oil : Sauté the potatoes in butter.

grill to cook food over or under strong heat : grilled fish

broil American English to cook food under heat : broiled fish

boil to cook something in very hot water : He doesn’t even know how to boil an egg. | English people seem to love boiled vegetables.

steam to cook vegetables over hot water : Steam the rice for 15 minutes.

poach to cook food, especially fish or eggs, slowly in hot water : poached salmon

toast to cook the outside surfaces of bread : toasted muffins

barbecue to cook food on a metal frame over a fire outdoors : I thought we could barbecue some mackerel.

microwave to cook food in a microwave oven : The beans can be microwaved.