flapjack

/ˈflæpdʒæk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈflæpdʒæk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈflap-ˌjak/ (ame, mw)

flapjack — noun

  • flapjacksingular
  • flapjacksplural

1. a thick, chewy bar baked from rolled oats, butter, brown sugar, and golden syrup

1.名詞B2
釋義

a thick, chewy bar baked from rolled oats, butter, brown sugar, and golden syrup, usually cut into squares.

例句

Gita packed two flapjacks in her lunchbox for the long bus ride to school.

countable: a flapjack / two flapjacks

The school canteen sells homemade flapjacks at the till for fifty pence each.

同義詞
  • oat bar

    more general term; covers many similar baked snacks

  • granola bar

    American equivalent; usually less buttery and held together with honey or syrup

  • muesli bar

    Australian/British alternative; often crunchier and lighter

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 2 (the American pancake): in British English a flapjack is a baked oat bar, not a pancake. Object is usually treated as countable, often in plural ('a batch of flapjacks').

常見錯誤

❌I poured syrup over my flapjack at breakfast.
✅I poured syrup over my pancakes at breakfast.
💡in Britain a flapjack is a baked oat bar; you do not pour syrup over it like a pancake.
❌The cafe served pancakes called flapjacks with maple syrup.
✅The cafe served pancakes with maple syrup.
💡only mention 'flapjacks' for the British oat bar; do not use the word as a synonym of 'pancake' in UK contexts.

2. a flat round breakfast cake cooked on a hot pan, often served warm with butter a

2.名詞B2
釋義

a flat round breakfast cake cooked on a hot pan, often served warm with butter and maple syrup.

例句

Christopher flipped the flapjacks one by one as the family waited at the kitchen table.

verb 'flip' + flapjack (typical cooking action)

The diner on Route 9 serves a stack of flapjacks with bacon for under five dollars.

collocation: a stack of flapjacks

同義詞
  • pancake

    the standard American term; flapjack is the informal homey variant

  • griddle cake

    old-fashioned American synonym; emphasises the cooking surface

  • hotcake

    another casual American word; common on diner menus

用法筆記

American informal usage; in standard American English 'pancake' is more common, and 'flapjack' carries a homey or old-fashioned tone. Distinguish from sense 1 (the British oat bar), which is baked rather than pan-fried.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a packet of flapjacks at the British supermarket and ate them with syrup.
✅I bought a packet of flapjacks at the British supermarket and ate them as a snack.
💡British packaged flapjacks are oat bars (sense 1), not pancakes; do not eat them with syrup.
❌She ordered one flapjack and ate it slowly.
✅She ordered a stack of flapjacks and ate them slowly.
💡American flapjacks are normally served in a stack of two or three, not singly.