cake

英 [keɪk]

美 [keɪk]

n.  糕饼; 蛋糕; 饼状食物; 饼
v.  (用厚厚一层干后即变硬的软东西)覆盖; (干后)结成硬块; 胶凝

复数：cakes　过去分词：caked　现在分词：caking　过去式：caked　第三人称单数：cakes　

中考高考CET4考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2309 / COCA.2540

习惯用语

n.

have your cake and eat it
• 得其利而无其弊；两者兼得
  to have the advantages of sth without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available
a slice/share of the cake
• 应分得的一份钱财（或好处）
  a share of the available money or benefits that you believe you have a right to
take the caketake the cakego/sell like hot cakes
• 畅销
  to sell quickly or in great numbers
the icing on the cakethe frosting on the cake
• 锦上添花
  something extra and not essential that is added to an already good situation or experience and that makes it even better
a piece of cake
• 轻而易举的事；举手之劳
  a thing that is very easy to do

牛津词典

noun

• 糕饼；蛋糕
  a sweet food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, butter, sugar, etc. that is baked in an oven. Cakes are made in various shapes and sizes and are often decorated, for example with cream or icing .
  1. a piece/slice of cake
     一块 / 一片蛋糕
  2. to make/bake a cake
     做 / 烘烤蛋糕
  3. a chocolate cake
     巧克力蛋糕
  4. a birthday cake
     生日蛋糕
  5. a cake tin (= for cooking a cake in)
     蛋糕烤盘
  6. a cake pan
     蛋糕烤盘
• 饼状食物；饼
  a food mixture that is cooked in a round flat shape
  1. potato cakes
     土豆饼

verb

• （用厚厚一层干后即变硬的软东西）覆盖
  to cover sth with a thick layer of sth soft that becomes hard when it dries
  1. Her shoes were caked with mud.
     她的鞋上沾着污泥。
• （干后）结成硬块；胶凝
  if a substance cakes , it becomes hard when it dries

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 蛋糕;糕饼
  Acakeis 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.
  1. ...a piece of cake...
     一块蛋糕
  2. Would you like some chocolate cake?
     来点巧克力蛋糕怎么样?
  3. ...little cakes with white icing.
     裹有白色糖衣的小蛋糕
• N-COUNT 饼状食物;饼
  Food that is formed into flat round shapes before it is cooked can be referred to ascakes.
  1. ...fish cakes.
     鱼饼
  2. ...home-made potato cakes.
     自家做的土豆饼
• N-COUNT 块;小块
  Acake ofsoap is a small block of it.
  1. ...a small cake of lime-scented soap.
     一小块青柠味香皂
• VERB 结块;凝结成块
  If something such as blood or mudcakes, it changes from a thick liquid to a dry layer or lump.
  1. The blood had begun to cake and turn brown.
     血开始结块变黑。
• 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 tohavetheircake and eat it.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 非常抢手;非常畅销;热销
  If things areselling like hot cakes, a lot of people are buying them.
  1. Books on the Royal Family are selling like hot cakes.
     有关皇室的书卖得正火。
• 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 isa piece of cake. People often say this to stop someone feeling worried about doing something they have to do.
  1. Getting rid of him will be a piece of cake...
     摆脱掉他就是小事一桩。
  2. 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。
• (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 theytake the cakeor that what they have donetakes the cake, to emphasize your surprise at their behaviour.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 take the biscuit


• the icing on the cake→ see:icing

英英释义

noun

• a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
  1. a bar of chocolate
  Synonym:bar
• baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
• small flat mass of chopped food
  Synonym:patty

verb

• form a coat over
  1. Dirt had coated her face
  Synonym:coat

双语例句

• Ducks 'eggs are particularly prized for cake making.
  鸭蛋在做糕饼时，格外重要。
• 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。
• She threw the cake I'd made on the floor and stood on it. Talk about being humiliated!
  她把我做的蛋糕扔到地上，然后踩在了上面。真是欺人太甚！
• The third goal was the icing on the cake.
  第三粒进球是锦上添花。
• There was only one piece of cake, but we cut it in two.
  只有一块蛋糕，但我们把它切成两半儿。
• The blood had begun to cake and turn brown.
  血开始结块变黑。
• Books on the Royal Family are selling like hot cakes.
  有关皇室的书卖得正火。
• Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
  把蛋糕倒扣在冷却架上。
• I'm fond of cake myself
  我本人很喜欢蛋糕。
• I've iced and decorated the cake.
  我在蛋糕上挂了糖衣，还做了花样装饰。