烘烤 — meaning in English

English meaning

• bake verb To cook food using dry heat in an oven.
• roast verb To cook food, uncovered, with dry heat in an oven or over a fire, giving it a browned or crisped surface.
• roasted adj Cooked using dry heat until browned.
• stew noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.

Senses

烘烤 is used for these senses in English:

• bake (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ditransitive, with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
• roast Having been cooked by roasting.
• roast A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
• roasted Cooked by roasting.
• stew (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

bake — full definition

1. verb To cook food using dry heat in an oven.
2. verb To harden or dry something using heat.
3. noun A social event where food is baked or served, or a baked dish itself.

roast — full definition

1. verb To cook food, uncovered, with dry heat in an oven or over a fire, giving it a browned or crisped surface.
2. verb To make fun of someone harshly, often as a form of affectionate ribbing or comedy.
3. noun A cut of meat cooked by roasting, or a meal built around it.
4. noun A comedy event where a person is jokingly mocked and insulted by friends or colleagues.

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