cupcake
IPA/ˈkʌpkeɪk/
KK[kˈʌpkˌek]IPA/ˈkʌpkeɪk/
cupcake — noun
- cupcakesingular
- cupcakesplural
1. a one-person cake made in a paper cup and usually finished with sweet icing or c
1.名詞A2
釋義
a one-person cake made in a paper cup and usually finished with sweet icing or cream
例句
Hana bought a lemon cupcake after lunch at the station cafe.
flavour adjective + cupcake
Felix piped pink icing onto each cupcake before the school fair.
decorate a cupcake with icing
We packed six chocolate cupcakes for the children's picnic in the park.
At Antonia's birthday party, the cupcake with strawberry cream disappeared first.
同義詞
- fairy cake
mainly British English for a small decorated cake of this kind, often in children's baking
- muffin
similar in size, but usually less sweet and not normally topped with icing
用法筆記
Often refers to a decorated cake sold or served one at a time. Flavour or topping words commonly come before cupcake, as in chocolate cupcake or vanilla cupcake.
常見錯誤
❌I bought a blueberry cupcake for breakfast, but it had no icing.
✅I bought a blueberry muffin for breakfast.
💡A cupcake is usually sweeter and decorated on top, while a muffin is plainer and more often eaten as a breakfast cake.