cake

IPA/keɪk/
KK[kˈek]IPA/keɪk/

cake — 名詞

  • cakesingular
  • cakesplural

1. a sweet oven-made food with flour, eggs, sugar, and fat, often served in slices.

1.名詞A1
釋義

蛋糕

甜的烘焙糕點

a sweet oven-made food with flour, eggs, sugar, and fat, often served in slices.

例句

Aiko baked a lemon cake for her sister's school concert.

Aiko 為妹妹的學校音樂會烤了一個檸檬蛋糕。

bake a cake

We ate chocolate cake in the garden after the long game.

長時間比賽後，我們在花園裡吃了巧克力蛋糕。

collocation: chocolate cake

常見搭配
  • birthday cake
  • chocolate cake
  • wedding cake
  • piece of cake
  • slice of cake
同義詞
  • dessert

    a broader word for sweet food eaten after a meal, not one specific baked item

  • sponge

    a light kind of cake, especially in British English

  • gateau

    a more formal word, often for a rich layered cake

文法句型

a cake

birthday cake

chocolate cake

a piece of cake

a slice of cake

用法筆記

Often countable when you mean a whole baked item, and often uncountable when you mean some of it as food. English commonly uses 'piece' or 'slice' when only part is being served.

常見錯誤

I ate one cake after lunch.
I ate one piece of cake after lunch.
use 'piece' or 'slice' when you mean part of a cake, not a whole cake.

2. a small flat piece of food or another soft material that has been shaped or pres

2.名詞C1
釋義

扁塊；餅

把柔軟材料壓成的扁平小塊

a small flat piece of food or another soft material that has been shaped or pressed into one solid unit.

例句

The soap came as a round cake in a small metal box.

這款肥皂做成圓形皂塊，裝在一個小金屬盒裡。

pattern: a cake of soap

For lunch, Wen fried two fish cakes with cabbage.

午餐時，Wen 煎了兩塊魚餅配高麗菜。

collocation: fish cakes

常見搭配
  • cake of soap
  • cake of mud
  • fish cake
  • rice cake
  • crab cakes
同義詞
  • patty

    usually refers to a small flat piece of food, especially meat or vegetables

  • block

    can be larger and more square, and does not suggest a flat shape

  • disk

    describes the shape, but not the idea of pressed material

文法句型

a cake of soap

a cake of mud

fish cakes

rice cakes

用法筆記

Often appears with 'of' for non-food material, as in 'a cake of soap' or 'a cake of mud'. With food, it commonly names small flat items such as fish cakes or rice cakes.

慣用語

go/sell like hot cakes

idiom

Something that is sold very quickly and in large amounts.

暢銷

The new video game sold like hot cakes on its first day.

Did those handmade candles go like hot cakes at the fair?

have your cake and eat it

idiom

To want to enjoy two good things that are not possible at the same time.

魚與熊掌兼得

Maya wants a high salary and lots of free time, but she can't have her cake and eat it.

You can't have your cake and eat it—choose one option.

the icing on the cake

idiom

Something extra that makes a good situation even better.

錦上添花

Getting a bonus was the icing on the cake for Sara.

The beautiful weather was the icing on the cake for our picnic.

a piece of cake

idiom

Something that is very easy to do.

輕而易舉

The math test was a piece of cake for Diego.

Is assembling this furniture a piece of cake?

a slice/share of the cake

idiom

A part of the money or benefits that someone thinks they deserve.

應得的一份

Each department wants a slice of the cake from the budget.

The small businesses demanded a fair share of the cake.

take the cake

idiom

To be the most extreme or annoying example of something.

最離譜

His excuse for being late really takes the cake.

Of all the rude comments, hers took the cake.

cake — 動詞

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