barm cake

IPA/ˈbɑːm ˌkeɪk/
IPA/ˈbɑːrm ˌkeɪk/

barm cake — 名詞

1. a soft, round, flat individual-sized roll, usually sliced open and filled to mak

1.名詞C1
釋義

圓形軟麵包

英格蘭西北部常見的單人份扁圓軟麵包

a soft, round, flat individual-sized roll, usually sliced open and filled to make a sandwich, eaten mainly in the north-west of England.

例句

Tanvi bought a warm barm cake from the bakery near Manchester station.

Tanvi 在曼徹斯特車站附近的麵包店買了一個溫熱的圓形軟麵包。

countable noun: a barm cake

The chip shop in Bolton sells chips inside a soft barm cake.

波頓那家炸魚薯條店會把薯條夾進柔軟的圓形軟麵包裡賣。

filled with food to make a sandwich

常見搭配
  • a bacon barm cake
  • a chip barm cake
  • a soft barm cake
同義詞
  • bap

    another British word for a soft round roll, used more widely across the UK

  • bread roll

    standard, region-neutral term for the same kind of small loaf

文法句型

a barm cake

barm cakes

用法筆記

Common in north-west England (around Manchester and Lancashire); a southern English speaker is more likely to say 'bread roll' or 'bap' for the same food.

常見錯誤

I baked a chocolate barm cake.
I baked a chocolate cake.
despite the name, a barm cake is a bread roll, not a sweet dessert cake.