Anne's English Cafe

   cook: (v.)
             to prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling, baking
             or  frying it
             烹飪；煮  

             Where did you learn to cook?
             Who is going to cook supper?


             (n.)
             a person who cooks food or whose job is cooking
             做飯的人；廚師

             Steve is a nice cook. 
             Helen works as a cook in a restaurant.


   cooker: (n.) (British English) = stove (American English)
                 a large piece of equipment for cooking food,
                 containing an oven and gas or electric rings on top
               （帶烤箱、燃氣爐或電爐的）廚灶，爐具

                 

                 the generic name used for any cooking device
                 炊具,烹調器


   很多字尾是 er 的字通常是指 "... 人" 或 " ... 師"
   但是 cooker 這個字指的是爐具或鍋子類的東西
   如 electric cooker 是電鍋, pressure cooker 是壓力鍋
   廚師要用 cook 或 chef
   chef 通常指的是餐館或飯店的主廚
   如著名的 Jamie Oliver 和 帥哥廚師 Curtis Stone