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kitchen

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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kitch·en /ˈkɪtʃɪn/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countable]  1 DHHthe room where you prepare and cook food 厨房 Sam went into the kitchen to make a pot of tea. 萨姆走进厨房去沏一壶茶。 She is in the kitchen making a meal. 她在厨房里做饭。4  See picture on 见图 Page A11 Where to stay 住的地方2. everything but the kitchen sink humorousLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT used when someone has brought too many things with them 几乎所有的东西〔用于表示某人带来的东西过多〕
Examples from the Corpus
kitchenJay's in the kitchen washing the dishes.the kitchen table
Origin kitchen Old English cycene
kitch·en nounChineseSyllable
the food you prepare cook and room where Corpus


kitchen
kitchen S1 W2 /ˈkɪtʃən, ˈkɪtʃɪn/ noun [countable]
 Language: Old English
 Origin: cycene
1. the room where you prepare and cook food:
    Sam went into the kitchen to make a pot of tea.
    She is in the kitchen making a meal.
2. everything but the kitchen sink humorous used when someone has brought too many things with them


🔑 kit·chenBrE /ˈkɪtʃɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɪtʃɪn/ 🔊 noun
a room in which meals are cooked or prepared 厨房She's in the kitchen. 她在厨房里。🔊🔊We ate at the kitchen table. 我们在厨房里的桌子上吃饭。🔊🔊   see also soup kitchen
everything but the kitchen ˈsink(informal, humorous) a very large number of things, probably more than is necessary 过多的东西;大量的东西if you can't stand the ˈheat (get out of the ˈkitchen)(informal) used to tell sb to stop trying to do sth if they find it too difficult, especially in order to suggest that they are less able than other people 如果感到太困难(就别干了)