“Kitchen” 指“厨房;灶间”,用于做饭、备餐、清洗餐具等的房间或区域。(也可引申指某机构的“后厨/伙房”。)
/ˈkɪtʃən/
The kitchen is small but clean.
厨房很小,但很干净。
After the guests arrived, she moved quickly between the kitchen and the dining room to serve each course.
客人到后,她在厨房和餐厅之间来回忙碌,把一道道菜端上桌。
“Kitchen” 源自古英语 cycene,与拉丁语 coquina(烹饪、厨房)同源,核心含义与“烹煮、做饭的地方”相关;词形在历史演变中逐渐固定为现代英语的 kitchen。