cakes

英 [keɪks]

美 [keɪks]

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
cake的第三人称单数和复数

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

双语例句

• She brought in a tray heavy with elegant sandwiches, scones and cakes.
  她端进来一只盘子，里面盛满了精美的三明治、烤饼和蛋糕。
• Those cakes are going begging if anyone would like them.
  那些蛋糕如果有人喜欢就可以买得到。
• Who do you suppose ate the cakes?
  你认为是谁吃了蛋糕？
• We'd been making cakes and colouring the posters
  我们一直在做蛋糕，给海报上色。
• They filled me up with cakes and sandwiches.
  他们用蛋糕和三明治把我填饱了。
• Mother bought three cakes of soap yesterday.
  妈妈昨天买了三块肥皂。
• We serve coffee and tea, sandwiches, cakes and cold drinks.
  我们有咖啡和茶、三明治、蛋糕和冷饮料。
• Tom confessed that he'd eaten all the cakes.
  汤姆承认他吃掉了所有的蛋糕。
• Books on the Royal Family are selling like hot cakes.
  有关皇室的书卖得正火。
• Serve the cakes warm
  趁热上蛋糕。