baked

/beɪk/ (bre, ipa) · [bˈekt] /beɪk/ (ame, ipa) · [bˈekt] /ˈbākt How to pronounce baked (audio)/ (ame, mw)

baked — verb

  • bakedpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • bakeds3rd person singular
  • bakedding-ing form
  • bakeddedpast simple

1. to cook food in an oven until it is ready to eat, instead of boiling or frying i

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B1
釋義

to cook food in an oven until it is ready to eat, instead of boiling or frying it.

例句

Liang baked salmon with lemon slices for the family dinner.

bake + object (food cooked in an oven)

William's pie baked slowly while he set out the plates.

intransitive: food + baked

同義詞
  • roast

    often used for meat or vegetables; roast can suggest stronger direct heat

  • cook

    much broader; bake is specifically oven cooking

  • oven-cook

    clear but less common in everyday speech

反義詞
  • fry

    uses hot oil instead of dry oven heat

  • boil

    uses water rather than oven heat

文法句型

bake + object

food + baked

用法筆記

The object is usually food. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about making clay or earth hard with heat rather than preparing something to eat.

常見錯誤

❌I baked the noodles on the stove.
✅I cooked the noodles on the stove.
💡baked is used for oven cooking, not ordinary pan or pot cooking.

2. to become extremely hot, or to feel extremely hot because of strong sun or heat.

2.動詞不及物B2
釋義

to become extremely hot, or to feel extremely hot because of strong sun or heat.

例句

Paul baked in the parked car until he opened every window.

person + baked in a hot place

The metal gate baked under the noon sun all afternoon.

thing + baked under the sun

同義詞
  • swelter

    usually used for people suffering in strong heat

  • broil

    more dramatic; suggests intense heat

  • roast

    informal and vivid for feeling very hot

反義詞

文法句型

person/place/thing + baked

baked in/under + heat

用法筆記

This sense does not take an object. The subject is usually a person, a room, a vehicle, or some other thing sitting in strong heat.

常見錯誤

❌I baked the soup on the stove.
✅The soup got very hot on the stove.
💡sense 2 is intransitive and describes something becoming hot, not someone heating it.

3. to make clay, earth, or a similar material go hard because strong heat dries it

3.動詞及物C1
釋義

to make clay, earth, or a similar material go hard because strong heat dries it out.

例句

Eve baked the clay bowls in a small kiln behind her studio.

bake + clay object in a kiln

Ilan baked mud bricks for the garden wall during the dry season.

同義詞
  • fire

    common for clay or pottery; strongly linked to kiln use

  • harden

    broader; does not always imply heating

  • cure

    used in technical contexts for setting a material

反義詞

文法句型

bake + clay/earth/brick

bake + object + hard

用法筆記

Used with materials such as clay, earth, or brick, often in craft or building contexts. Distinguish from sense 1, where the result is cooked food rather than a hardened material.

常見錯誤

❌The sun baked the wet shirt hard.
✅The sun dried the wet shirt.
💡this sense is for materials like clay or earth, not for ordinary cloth.

baked — adjective