cooky

IPA/kˈʊki/
IPA/kˈʊki/

cooky — 名詞

1. a small, flat, sweet baked food that is usually crisp or slightly soft, often ma

1.名詞A1
釋義

餅乾

烘焙小甜餅

a small, flat, sweet baked food that is usually crisp or slightly soft, often made with pieces of chocolate, nuts, or dried fruit.

例句

When Amara opened the tin, the smell of fresh-baked cookies filled the kitchen.

Amara 打開罐子時，新鮮出爐的餅乾香氣充滿了整個廚房。

collocation: fresh-baked cookies

Mei packed two chocolate cookies in her son's lunchbox every morning.

Mei 每天早晨在兒子的午餐盒裡放兩塊巧克力餅乾。

countable noun with number determiner

同義詞
  • biscuit

    British English term for the same food; in American English 'biscuit' refers to a soft savoury bread roll

  • cracker

    similar in shape but usually savoury and less sweet, often eaten with cheese

文法句型

cooky/cookie + modifier (chocolate chip / oatmeal)

用法筆記

The spelling 'cookie' is far more common in modern English; 'cooky' is an older variant. Both are pronounced the same way.

常見錯誤

❌I ate a cooky for breakfast.
✅I ate a cookie for breakfast.
💡'cookie' is the standard modern spelling; 'cooky' is an older variant. Either is acceptable in writing, but learners should expect 'cookie' in most texts.
❌Pass me the cooky.' (without context)
✅Pass me a chocolate-chip cookie.
💡specify what kind of cookie for natural conversation.

2. a small text file that a website saves on a user's computer or phone in order to

2.名詞B1
釋義

Cookie

網站儲存在使用者裝置中的小型資料檔

a small text file that a website saves on a user's computer or phone in order to remember information such as login details, language preferences, or pages the user has visited.

例句

The travel website asked Nadia to accept cookies so it could remember her preferred language.

旅遊網站要求 Nadia 接受 Cookie，以便記住她偏好的語言。

verb collocation: accept cookies

Diego deleted his browser cookies after the shopping site kept recommending items he already owned.

Diego 刪除了瀏覽器中的 Cookie，因為購物網站一直推薦他已經擁有的商品。

verb collocation: delete cookies

文法句型

accept / block / delete cookies

用法筆記

In computing, 'cookie' is almost always used in its standard spelling, even by writers who use 'cooky' for the food. The term is usually plural ('cookies') when referring to the general concept.

常見錯誤

❌Clear your cache and cookies are the same thing.
✅Clearing your cache removes stored page files; clearing cookies removes login and preference data.
💡cache and cookies serve different purposes and should not be confused.

3. (informal) used with an adjective such as 'smart', 'tough', or 'clever' to descr

3.名詞B2
釋義

傢伙

形容有某種特質的人的用語

(informal) used with an adjective such as 'smart', 'tough', or 'clever' to describe someone's character, especially when they are determined, clever, or unusual.

例句

Ananya is one smart cookie — she learned to speak three languages by the age of twelve.

Ananya 是個聰明的傢伙——她十二歲就學會了三種語言。

pattern: smart cookie for clever person

You need to be a tough cookie to run a successful farm through harsh winters.

要在嚴冬中成功經營一座農場，你得是個頑強的傢伙才行。

pattern: tough cookie for resilient person

同義詞
  • character

    similar informal noun for an unusual or interesting person, but does not need a preceding adjective

  • guy

    neutral informal word for a person, without the character-judging connotation of 'cookie'

文法句型

[adjective] + cookie/cooky

用法筆記

This sense is always used with an adjective before 'cookie/cooky'. You cannot say 'He is a cookie' to mean 'He is a person'. The adjective is essential: 'a smart cookie', 'a tough cookie', 'a clever cookie'.

常見錯誤

❌She is a cookie.' (alone, meaning a person)
✅She is a smart cookie.
💡the adjective modifier is required to convey the 'type of person' meaning.
❌He is a hard cookie.
✅He is a tough cookie.
💡'tough' is the conventional adjective in this fixed expression, not 'hard'.

4. (old-fashioned informal) a word used to describe a woman who is physically attra

4.名詞
釋義

俏妞

老一輩稱呼漂亮女生的說法

(old-fashioned informal) a word used to describe a woman who is physically attractive, but can be offensive because it reduces a woman to her appearance.

例句

Grandpa chuckled and said the new neighbour was "quite a cooky," and his daughter told him that expression was out of date.

爺爺笑著說新鄰居「真是個俏妞」，他女兒告訴他那個說法已經過時了。

quotation marks show dated slang use

Ling read a 1950s novel where a detective describes a witness as "a real cooky," which sounded strange to her.

Ling 讀了一本 1950 年代的小說，書中偵探將一名證人描述為「一個真正的俏妞」，她覺得這個詞聽起來很奇怪。

同義詞
  • babe

    also informal, but still in modern use; can be considered disrespectful depending on context

  • looker

    dated slang similar to 'cooky', used in the same mid-20th-century period

文法句型

quite a cooky

real cooky

用法筆記

This sense is very dated and can be offensive. It appeared mostly in mid-20th-century American slang. Modern speakers do not use this word to compliment someone's appearance.

常見錯誤

❌She is a cooky.' (used as a modern compliment)
✅She is attractive.' or 'She is beautiful.
💡'cooky' in this sense is dated and may cause offence.