| 单词 | cake |
| 释义 | Related topics: Foodcake1 /keɪk/ ●●● S2 W3 noun 1 [countable, uncountable]DF a soft sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, butter, sugar, and eggs 蛋糕 We had cake and ice cream. 我们吃了蛋糕和冰激凌。 a chocolate cake 巧克力蛋糕2. fish/rice/potato etc cake DFFfish, rice etc that has been formed into a flat round shape and then cooked 鱼肉饼/米饼/马铃薯饼等3 [countable]PIECE a small block of something 块cake of a cake of soap 一块肥皂4 be a piece of cake spokenEASY to be very easy 是很容易做到的事 ‘How do you do that?’ ‘It’s a piece of cake! Watch!’ “你怎么做？”“很简单！看着！”5 take the cake (also take the biscuit British English) informal to be worse than anything else you can imagine 糟糕透顶 I’ve heard some pretty dumb ideas, but that takes the cake! 我听过一些相当愚蠢的主意，但这一个是最愚蠢的！6. have your cake and eat it British English, have your cake and eat it too American English spokenADVANTAGE to have all the advantages of something without its disadvantages 鱼与熊掌兼得7 a slice of the cake British EnglishMONEY a share of the profit, help etc that is available 〔可以分得的〕好处，利益 Both companies expect to get a big slice of the cake. 两家公司都希望分得一大杯羹。 → sell like hot cakes at hot cake(1) COLLOCATIONSverbsmake/bake a cake 做/烘蛋糕Let’s make a cake for his birthday. 我们为他的生日做个蛋糕吧。decorate a cake 装饰蛋糕We decorated the cake with strawberries and cream. 我们用草莓和奶油装饰蛋糕。ice a cake British English, frost a cake American English (=cover a cake with fine sugar mixed with a liquid) 给蛋糕撒糖霜nShe iced her own wedding cake.phrasesa piece/slice of cake 一块蛋糕Would you like a slice of cake? 你想来块蛋糕吗？a cake recipe 蛋糕食谱nDo you have any good cake recipes?a cake tin British English, a cake pan American English (=that you bake a cake in) 蛋糕烤盘nUse a 20 cm cake tin.a cake shop 蛋糕店nThere’s a very good cake shop in the market.cake mix (=a mixture that you buy in a packet and use for making a cake) 蛋糕粉nIf I’m feeling lazy, I sometimes use a cake mix.types of cake 蛋糕品种a birthday/Christmas/wedding cake (=a special cake for a birthday etc) 生日/圣诞/婚庆蛋糕Lucy had twelve candles on her birthday cake. 露西的生日蛋糕上插了12支蜡烛。a home-made cake 家里自制的蛋糕Home-made cakes are much nicer than bought ones. 家里自制的蛋糕比买来的蛋糕好吃多了。a fruit cake (=one with dried fruit in it) 水果蛋糕nFruit cakes keep for quite a long time.a sponge cake (=one made from flour, butter, sugar, and eggs) 海绵蛋糕nIt’s best to eat sponge cakes on the day you make them.a chocolate/lemon etc cake (=a sponge cake with a chocolate etc flavour) 巧克力/柠檬等蛋糕nShe’d baked a chocolate cake for me.a cream cake (=one with thick cream inside it) 奶油蛋糕nI’ll get fat if I eat any more cream cakes.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘cook a cake’. Say make a cake or bake a cake. 不要说 ‘cook a cake’. 而要说 make a cake 或 bake a cake.Examples from the Corpuscake• A plastic Santa was sledging across the snow-white surface of a cake.• a birthday cake• Each of us receives a slice of heavenly chocolate cake.• She would have been on the floor for those pastries, and after the chocolate cake.• Noreen, frankly, wanted her cake and to eat it as well.• Pour into greased and floured 9-by-13-inch cake pan.• Many cake recipes call for all-purpose flour, but those that suggest cake flour do so for a reason.• Do you want a piece of cake?• From top, Smoked salmon rolls with pesto rice, Christmas jewel basmati salad, Basmati rice cake.• When the cake is cool, slice it across with a large knife to make two cakes.cake of• A thin cake of wax covered the jam to seal it.cake2 verb 1 be caked with/in something COVERHARDto be covered with a layer of something soft or wet that becomes thick and hard when it dries 厚厚地涂上[沾上]某物 Our boots were caked with mud. 我们的靴子上沾满了泥。2. [intransitive]COVER if a substance cakes, it forms a thick hard layer when it dries 〔干后〕结成硬块→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscake• His plimsolls were now caked in heavy clods of wet earth and his jersey was already wet from his soaked mackintosh.• The hand was caked in mud, the fingers hooked into a claw.• Their lashes would be heavily caked whereas the newcomers were fearful of the technique at first.• It was caked with dirt, but he slipped it on anyway.Origin cake1 (1100-1200) Old Norse kakacake1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1cake2 verbLDOCE OnlineChinese by sweet food made Corpus soft a |
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