cook off

evaporar

Eliminar un líquido u otra sustancia no deseada de un alimento al calentarlo.

En inglés sencillo: You heat food so that unwanted liquid or another substance disappears.

• Cook off the extra liquid.
• She cooked off the alcohol before serving the sauce.
• Have all the juices cooked off yet?

Cómo se usa: cook something off (Let the excess water cook off before adding the cream.)

Sinónimos: evaporate, boil off

Expresiones frecuentes: cook off liquid, cook off the alcohol, cook off the juices, cook off excess liquid

hacer detonar por calor

Provocar una explosión accidental de municiones o explosivos por exceso de calor.

En inglés sencillo: Too much heat makes ammunition or explosives explode accidentally.

• The fire cooked off the stored ammunition.
• An overheated barrel can cook off a round.
• The shells cooked off as the fire spread.

Cómo se usa: cook off something (The intense heat cooked off the ammunition.)

Sinónimos: detonate, set off

Expresiones frecuentes: cook off ammunition, cook off explosives

calentar para destilar

Calentar un líquido con alcohol durante la destilación para obtener una bebida con más alcohol.

En inglés sencillo: You heat a liquid containing alcohol as part of making a stronger alcoholic drink.

• They cook off the mash in a still.
• The distiller cooked off another batch yesterday.
• This equipment is used to cook off the fermented liquid.

Sinónimos: distill

Expresiones frecuentes: cook off a batch, cook off the mash

retardar el lanzamiento de una granada

Activar el temporizador de una granada y mantenerla brevemente en la mano antes de lanzarla.

En inglés sencillo: You start a grenade’s timer and briefly hold it before throwing it.

• The character can cook off a grenade before throwing it.
• He cooked off the grenade during the battle.
• The game does not allow players to cook off grenades.

Sinónimos: cook

Expresiones frecuentes: cook off a grenade, cook off grenades

hacer explotar una granada en la mano

Retener por error una granada activada demasiado tiempo, de modo que explote en la mano antes de lanzarla.

En inglés sencillo: You accidentally hold a grenade too long after starting its timer, so it explodes before you throw it.

• He accidentally cooked off the grenade in his hand.
• The player cooked off a grenade before he could throw it.
• Holding it too long may cook off the grenade.

Expresiones frecuentes: cook off a grenade, cook off grenades