cake
noun
verb
keɪk
noun
1
a
soft
sweet
food
made
by
baking
a
mixture
of
flour,
butter,
sugar,
and
eggs
蛋糕
C,U
cake
and
ice
cream
蛋糕和冰激凌
chocolate
cake
巧克力蛋糕
birthday/wedding/Christmas
cake
Do
you
want
some
birthday
cake?
你要来点儿生日蛋糕吗？
slice/piece
of
cake
Would
you
like
a
slice
of
cake?
你要来一块蛋糕吗？
make/bake
a
cake
Sally
decided
to
bake
him
a
cake.
萨莉决定给他烤一个蛋糕。
2
fish/rice/potato etc cake
fish,
rice
etc
that
has
been
formed
into
a
flat
round
shape
and
then
cooked
鱼肉饼/米饼/土豆饼等
3
a
small
block
of
something
块
C
[+
of
]
a
cake
of
soap
一块肥皂
4
be a piece of cake
to
be
very
easy
[口] 很容易做到的事
spoken
‘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 take the biscuit
also
又作
to
be
worse
than
anything
else
you
can
imagine
糟糕透顶
BrE informal
I’ve
heard
some
pretty
dumb
ideas,
but
that
takes
the
cake!
馊主意我听过不少，但那一个是最愚蠢的！
6
have your cake and eat it have your cake and eat it too
; have your cake and eat it too AmE [美] spoken to have all the advantages of something without its disadvantages [口] 两者兼得
BrE AmE spoken
7
a slice of the cake
a
share
of
the
profit,
help
etc
that
is
available
[英] 〔可以分得的〕一份好处
BrE
Both
companies
expect
to
get
a
big
slice
of
the
cake.
两家公司都希望分得一大杯羹。
verb
8
be caked with/in sth
to
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。
9
if
a
substance
cakes,
it
forms
a
thick
hard
layer
when
it
dries
〔干后〕结成硬块
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