caked
caked — adjective
- cakedpositive
- cakedercomparative
- cakedestsuperlative
1. covered with something that has dried on the surface until it forms a thick hard
covered with something that has dried on the surface until it forms a thick hard layer.
After the trail race, Eli's shoes were caked with red mountain mud.
pattern: be caked with [substance]
The oven door was caked with grease near the handle.
By noon, dry rice was caked onto the bottom of the pot.
Rania wiped her face, but the stage makeup stayed caked under her eyes.
- clean
without any dirt or dried layer on the surface
文法句型
be caked in [substance]
be caked with [substance]
be caked onto [surface]
用法筆記
Most often used after be, get, or stay, with the substance introduced by in or with. It often describes mud, grease, food, dust, or makeup after it has dried and stuck fast.
常見錯誤
caked — verb
- cakedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- cakeds3rd person singular
- cakeding-ing form
- cakededpast simple
1. to leave a heavy layer of mud, food, dust, or another substance on something, so
to leave a heavy layer of mud, food, dust, or another substance on something, so it later dries into a hard crust.
Wet clay caked the workers' boots before they reached the truck.
pattern: [substance] caked [object]
Tomato sauce caked the stove knobs after dinner at the hostel.
Fine sand caked the jeep windows during the long desert drive.
By sunrise, toothpaste had caked the sink after the children rushed out.
- clean
remove the layer instead of leaving one on the surface
文法句型
[substance] caked [object]
用法筆記
This verb usually takes the substance as subject and the surface as object: mud caked the boots. In everyday use, the adjective sense is often more common when people describe the final result: the boots were caked in mud.