pressure-cooker
UK/'preʃə-'kʊkə/US/p'reʃərk'ʊkər/
Definitions
n.
A sealed pot that cooks food fast using high-pressure steam
压力锅；高压锅
n.
A very tense, high-stress situation
高度紧张的局面
Root Breakdown
Native Englishpressureroot
+
cookerroot
=pressure-cooker
pressure + cooker. A cooker that traps steam to raise the pressure and cook faster; by metaphor, any sealed, intense, stressful environment.
Common Collocations
- 1.electric pressure cooker电压力锅
- 2.pressure cooker environment高压环境
- 3.pressure cooker situation高度紧张的局面
Example Sentences
- 1.
She cooked the beans in a pressure cooker in twenty minutes.
- 2.
The newsroom became a pressure cooker before the deadline.