cake

[英] [keik] [美] [kek] 生词本

n.

vt.& vi.

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1. N-VAR 蛋糕;糕饼 A cake is a sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, and fat in an oven. Cakes may be large and cut into slices or small and intended for one person only. 
  • ...a piece of cake...

    一块蛋糕

  • Would you like some chocolate cake?

    来点巧克力蛋糕怎么样?

  • ...little cakes with white icing.

    裹有白色糖衣的小蛋糕

2. N-COUNT 饼状食物;饼 Food that is formed into flat round shapes before it is cooked can be referred to as cakes
  • ...fish cakes.

    鱼饼

  • ...home-made potato cakes.

    自家做的土豆饼

3. N-COUNT 块;小块 A cake of soap is a small block of it. 
  • ...a small cake of lime-scented soap.

    一小块青柠味香皂

4. VERB 结块;凝结成块 If something such as blood or mud cakes, it changes from a thick liquid to a dry layer or lump. 
  • The blood had begun to cake and turn brown.

    血开始结块变黑。

5. PHRASE 二者兼得;鱼与熊掌兼得 If you think that someone wants the benefits of doing two things when it is only reasonable to expect the benefits of doing one, you can say that they want to have their cake and eat it
  • What he wants is a switch to a market economy in a way which does not reduce people's standard of living. To many this sounds like wanting to have his cake and eat it.

    他想要转型为市场经济,同时又不降低人们的生活水平。在许多人看来,这是想要鱼与熊掌兼得。

6. PHRASE 非常抢手;非常畅销;热销 If things are selling like hot cakes, a lot of people are buying them. 
  • Books on the Royal Family are selling like hot cakes.

    有关皇室的书卖得正火。

7. PHRASE 小事一桩,易如反掌,小菜一碟(常用于安慰别人) If you think something is very easy to do, you can say it is a piece of cake. People often say this to stop someone feeling worried about doing something they have to do. 
  • Getting rid of him will be a piece of cake...

    摆脱掉他就是小事一桩。

  • Just another surveillance job, old chap. Piece of cake to somebody like you.

    老伙计,只不过又是一份盯梢的活。对你这样的人来说还不是小菜一碟。

8. PHRASE (愚蠢、无礼、自私的行为)非常过分,极其讨厌 If someone has done something very stupid, rude, or selfish, you can say that they take the cake or that what they have done takes the cake, to emphasize your surprise at their behaviour. 
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 take the biscuit
9.   the icing on the cake→see: icing
Noun

1. a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax);

  • "a bar of chocolate"
  • synonym: bar

2. small flat mass of chopped food

3. made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs

Verb

1. form a coat over;

  • "Dirt had coated her face"

机械

<名>
  • 1.粉块
  • 2.金属粉末未经成形而黏结在一起的块状物。

药学

<名>
  • 1.糕剂
  • 2.将药物细粉与米粉、蔗糖蒸制而成的块状剂型。

计算机

  • 1.块;蛋糕;= Computer-Assisted Keyboard Evaluator,计算机辅助键盘鉴定器
1. A freshly baked cake doesn't cut easily.
刚烤好的蛋糕不容易切。

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2. After climbing mountains in the Swiss Alps, going up English hills is a piece of cake.
爬过了瑞士的阿尔卑斯山后,爬英国的小山简直是小菜一碟。

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3. Cake is made from a packaged mix.
糕点是由一包现成的配料制成的。

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4. Can you carry the tea things and the cake out into the garden?
麻烦你把茶具和糕点拿到花园里去,好吗?

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5. Can you manage another slice of cake?
你能再吃一片蛋糕吗?

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6. Carol, did you bake the cake for Jim's party?
卡罗尔,你为吉姆办的聚会烤饼了吗?

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7. Cream was oozing out of the cake.
奶油从蛋糕里慢慢地流出来。

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8. Divide the cake into quarters and share it equally.
把蛋糕分成四份,大家平均享用。

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9. Divide the cake into sections.
把这块饼分成若干份。

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10. Don't scant the butter when you make a cake.
做糕饼时不要吝惜奶油。

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11. Don't skimp the butter in making a cake.
做糕点时不要吝惜放奶油。

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12. Don't think this job a piece of cake. You'll have to rack your brains once you start on it.
别以为这工作是易如反掌的事,你做了就知道它是很伤脑筋的。

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13. Each cake had a cherry on top.
每块蛋糕上面都有一颗樱桃。

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14. Finish by sprinkling some chopped almonds over the cake.
最后在蛋糕上撒些剁碎的杏仁。

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15. Have another piece of cake.
请再来块蛋糕。

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16. Have you spiced this cake?
这蛋糕中加香料了吗?

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17. He ate the whole cake in three bites.
他三口就吃下整块蛋糕。

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18. He baked us a cake.
他为我们烤了一块蛋糕。

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19. He bought an extra large cake.
他买了一块非常大的蛋糕。

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20. He has eaten up the whole cake.
他把整块蛋糕都吃光了。

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