barbecue /'bɑ:bikju:/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
• (n.) a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
• (n.) a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

Chinese translation

• n. 烤肉
• vt. 烤肉, 烧烤

Word details

Part of speech

noun / verb

Pronunciation

/'bɑ:bikju:/

Syllables

3

Exam levels

Gaokao · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.62 · Super Rare

Word forms

barbecues, barbecued, barbecuing

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