Eg: He cooked dinner by referring to a cookbook.是什么意思？

Eg: He cooked dinner by referring to a cookbook.

他的晚餐是参照一本食谱做的.

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

cooked

adj. 煮[烹]熟的；v. 烹调( cook的过去式和过去分词 )，编造，篡改，密谋；

例句
With them also lived Mary Burinda, who cooked and cleaned...
和他们同住的还有玛丽·伯琳达，她负责做饭和打扫卫生。

dinner

n. 正餐，主餐，宴会，晚餐；

例句
At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandising himself...
我父亲在餐桌上总是滔滔不绝地炫耀并吹嘘自己。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

referring

v. 提到( refer的现在分词 )，针对，关系到，请教；

例句
I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre...
我猜你说的是让－保罗·萨特。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

cookbook

n. 食谱，菜谱；

例句
Cook, the cook, took the cookbook to cook good root food.
库克厨师拿了食谱,煮出好吃的根菜类.