pancake
/ˈpænkeɪk/ (bre, ipa) · [pˈænkˌek] /ˈpænkeɪk/ (ame, ipa) · [pˈænkˌek] /ˈpan-ˌkāk/ (ame, mw)
pancake — noun
- pancakesingular
- pancakesplural
1. A very thin round cake cooked on both sides in a pan, often eaten hot with sweet
A very thin round cake cooked on both sides in a pan, often eaten hot with sweet or savoury fillings.
Renata tucked ham and cheese inside the warm pancake for lunch.
pancake with a savoury filling
At the school fair, Dewi bought a lemon pancake covered with sugar.
The cook folded each pancake around mushrooms before serving the first course.
A thin pancake with jam was still hot when Michael sat down.
用法筆記
Often thinner than the North American breakfast kind and comfortable with either sweet toppings or savoury fillings.
2. A soft breakfast cake made from sweet batter and commonly served in a stack with
A soft breakfast cake made from sweet batter and commonly served in a stack with butter or maple syrup.
Élise ordered blueberry pancakes and maple syrup before the road trip.
breakfast collocation: pancakes with maple syrup
Christopher flipped a pancake while the children waited at the table.
The diner serves pancakes all morning with butter and sliced bananas.
On Sunday, Salma made tall pancakes for her brother's birthday breakfast.
用法筆記
Especially North American in flavour and often pictured as thicker, sweeter, and served as a breakfast stack.
pancake — verb
- pancakepresent simple I / you / we / they
- pancakes3rd person singular
- pancaking-ing form
- pancakedpast simple
1. If an aircraft pancakes, it comes down so flat that the whole underside hits the
If an aircraft pancakes, it comes down so flat that the whole underside hits the ground or water at once.
The damaged plane pancaked onto the runway after losing both wheels.
aircraft + pancake + onto runway
During the storm drill, the training jet pancaked into the muddy field.
The small aircraft pancaked on the lake and sent water over the windows.
After the engine failed, the rescue helicopter pancaked beside the road.
- belly-land
more exact aviation term for landing on the underside
- crash-land
broader and not always flat against the surface
文法句型
aircraft + pancake + onto/on + surface
用法筆記
Used mainly in aviation writing or dramatic accounts of a very hard flat landing; the subject is the aircraft itself.
常見錯誤
2. To make an aircraft come down in that flat, heavy way, usually because some forc
To make an aircraft come down in that flat, heavy way, usually because some force or damage removes control.
A burst tire pancaked the cargo plane before it reached the gate.
cause + pancake + aircraft object
Crosswinds pancaked the seaplane during its second landing attempt.
The broken landing gear pancaked the jet on the wet runway.
A sudden downdraft pancaked the helicopter just above the desert strip.
- force down
general wording that does not imply a flat landing shape
- bring down
broader and can describe any forced descent
文法句型
force or damage + pancake + aircraft
用法筆記
Unlike sense 1, this pattern takes the aircraft as a direct object and usually names the force that drove it down.
常見錯誤
3. To hit or press something until it ends up flattened hard against another surfac
To hit or press something until it ends up flattened hard against another surface.
The truck pancaked the metal fence against the warehouse wall.
pancake + object + against surface
Falling concrete pancaked the parked bicycles outside the station.
The blast pancaked several cardboard boxes near the loading door.
A heavy branch pancaked the garden chair during the night storm.
文法句型
force + pancake + object + against/onto + surface
用法筆記
Used for force that leaves an object broad and flat against something else, not simply knocked over.