chef

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chef /ʃef/ ●●○ noun [countable]   BODFa skilled cook, especially the main cook in a hotel or restaurant 厨师；〔尤指酒店或餐馆的〕主厨，厨师长 a master chef 手艺高超的厨师长 a pastry chef 糕饼师傅 →4  See picture of 见图 OCCUPATION

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chef• Marco's ambition had been to become a chef in one of the big hotels.• He comes from the Grand Forks Country Club, where he was executive chef since 1996.• Sagin is a 31-year-old French chef living and working in Montreal.• How many times have i nearly wept at the destruction of delicate little scallops at the hands of ignorant or insensitive chefs?• My chefs are preparing dinner and we are interrupting their work.• Architect, philosopher, chef - what next?• Nowhere else in the world, the chef confided, could he have the freedom to create such a banquet.• The chefs prepare your selections as you order them so they're served piping hot.Origin chef (1800-1900) French chef de cuisine “head of the kitchen”

chef nounChinese  

cook main a Corpus the especially skilled in a cook, hotel

chef
chef /ʃef/ noun [countable]
a skilled cook, especially the main cook in a hotel or restaurant:
    a master chef
    a pastry chef

chefBrE /ʃef/ 🔊NAmE /ʃef/ 🔊 nouna professional cook, especially the most senior cook in a restaurant, hotel, etc. 厨师；（尤指餐馆、旅馆等的）主厨，厨师长