cooked

cooked — adjective

1. Food that has been made ready to eat by using heat, such as boiling, baking, or

1.形容詞A1
釋義

Food that has been made ready to eat by using heat, such as boiling, baking, or frying.

例句

Ravi prefers cooked vegetables over raw ones in his salad.

collocation: cooked vegetables — opposite: raw vegetables

Theo checked the temperature of the cooked chicken before serving it to his guests.

同義詞
  • done

    more commonly used as a complement after 'be' to check if food is ready; less formal

  • heated

    broader — refers to any application of heat, not necessarily for eating

  • ready

    focuses on the state of being prepared to eat rather than the method of preparation

  • baked

    specifically prepared in an oven with dry heat; a narrower method

反義詞
  • raw

    not prepared by any heat at all

  • uncooked

    synonym of 'raw', emphasising that the cooking step was skipped

文法句型

cooked + noun

be + cooked

get + cooked

seem + cooked

用法筆記

The opposite is 'raw' — food that has not been heated at all. 'Cooked' covers all methods of heating, unlike 'baked' or 'fried' which specify a particular method.

常見錯誤

❌I like my steak cooked, not rare.
✅I like my steak well-done, not rare.
💡'Cooked' simply means prepared by heat; 'well-done' means cooked until no pink remains.
❌The milk is cooked.
✅The milk is heated.
💡'Cooked' is not usually used for liquids that are simply warmed up.

2. If a person, company, or plan is cooked, they are in a bad situation from which

2.形容詞B2
釋義

If a person, company, or plan is cooked, they are in a bad situation from which there is no escape and failure is certain.

例句

After the company lost its biggest client, the CEO knew they were cooked.

predicative use: be + cooked — informal register for failure

When Yusuf's phone fell into the lake, he realised his photos were cooked.

同義詞
  • finished

    slightly less informal; broader — can mean ended for any reason

  • doomed

    more dramatic; implies fate rather than circumstance

  • ruined

    more formal; emphasises permanent damage to something once successful

  • washed up

    similar register; used more for people whose careers are over

反義詞
  • safe

    not in danger of failure

  • secure

    in a strong position with no immediate threat

文法句型

be + cooked

get + cooked

feel + cooked

用法筆記

Frequently used in informal speech and comedy contexts. Not suitable for formal writing or official reports. The subject is usually a person, organisation, plan, or situation.

常見錯誤

❌The company is cooked due to financial losses.' (in a formal report)
✅The company is in serious trouble due to financial losses.
💡'Cooked' is too informal for formal or professional writing.

3. Having lost a game, match, or contest by a very wide margin, so that the result

3.形容詞B2
釋義

Having lost a game, match, or contest by a very wide margin, so that the result feels humiliating.

例句

The visiting team was cooked by a score of 8 to 1 in the semi-final match.

pattern: be + cooked + by + score — shows the margin of defeat

Yusuf's chess team got cooked in the championship round against the defending winners.

同義詞
  • crushed

    similar intensity; implies overwhelming force

  • destroyed

    more dramatic; suggests total annihilation in the contest

  • demolished

    slangy and vivid; often used in sports commentary

  • beaten

    neutral and general; does not imply a large margin

反義詞

文法句型

be + cooked

get + cooked

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 2: sense 3 is specific to competitions, games, and contests where there is a clear opponent and score. Sense 2 covers any kind of trouble (financial, personal, career).

常見錯誤

❌We were cooked in the final by one point.
✅We were narrowly beaten in the final.
💡'Cooked' implies a large margin, not a close defeat.

4. Completely exhausted from physical or mental effort, with no energy left to cont

4.形容詞B1
釋義

Completely exhausted from physical or mental effort, with no energy left to continue.

例句

After working twelve hours straight, Priya was completely cooked.

collocation: completely cooked — emphasises total exhaustion

Hana felt cooked after running her first marathon in the summer heat.

同義詞
  • exhausted

    more formal; the standard neutral term for extreme tiredness

  • wiped out

    similar informal register; common in American English

  • drained

    implies energy has been emptied out; slightly more formal

  • beat

    very informal; short and common in casual speech

反義詞

文法句型

be + cooked

feel + cooked

get + cooked

look + cooked

用法筆記

Used mostly in predicative position after 'be', 'feel', 'look', or 'get'. Unlike sense 1, this sense is rarely used attributively before a noun ('a cooked athlete' is possible but much less common than 'the athlete is cooked').

常見錯誤

❌I'm a little cooked after walking to the store.
✅I'm a little tired after walking to the store.
💡'Cooked' means extremely exhausted, not mild tiredness.

5. Strongly affected by an illegal drug, to the point where normal thinking, speech

5.形容詞C1
釋義

Strongly affected by an illegal drug, to the point where normal thinking, speech, or movement is impaired.

例句

The officer found the group looking completely cooked after taking the pills.

collocation: completely cooked — slang for heavily intoxicated

In the film, the character was too cooked to remember what happened the night before.

同義詞
  • high

    the most common neutral term; less intense than 'cooked'

  • stoned

    specifically for cannabis; very common in informal use

  • wasted

    broader — can mean drunk or drugged; similar register

  • messed up

    broader — can include emotional or physical impairment

文法句型

be + cooked

get + cooked

look + cooked

用法筆記

Very informal slang, primarily used in casual speech, fiction dialogue, or music lyrics. Highly context-dependent and may be considered offensive or inappropriate in polite conversation.