hotcake

/ˈhɒt.keɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɑːt.keɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhät-ˌkāk/ (ame, mw)

hotcake — 名詞

  • hotcakesingular
  • hotcakesplural

1. a thin, round, flat cake made from a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk, cooked on

1.名詞B1
釋義

煎餅；薄煎餅

用麵糊煎成的薄餅

a thin, round, flat cake made from a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk, cooked on a hot surface until golden on both sides, and often served with butter and sweet syrup for breakfast

例句

Mei cooked a tall stack of hotcakes for her family on Sunday morning.

梅週日早上為家人做了一疊煎餅。

collocation: stack of hotcakes

The diner's breakfast menu listed hotcakes with bacon and eggs for seven dollars.

這家餐館的早餐菜單上列有七美元的薄煎餅加培根和雞蛋。

同義詞
  • pancake

    the standard term worldwide; hotcake is mainly North American and more informal

  • griddlecake

    less common regional term, used mainly in parts of the US and Canada

  • flapjack

    used in the US for pancakes, but in the UK flapjack refers to a baked oat bar

用法筆記

Hotcake is the typical term in North America for what is called a pancake in British English. In the US, pancake is also common, but hotcake sounds slightly more casual or diner-style.

常見錯誤

❌I ate a hotcake for breakfast in London.
✅I ate a pancake for breakfast in London.
💡Hotcake is rarely used in British English; use pancake instead.