pancake
/ˈpænkeɪk/ (bre, ipa) · [pˈænkˌek] /ˈpænkeɪk/ (ame, ipa) · [pˈænkˌek] /ˈpan-ˌkāk/ (ame, mw)
pancake — 名詞
- pancakesingular
- pancakesplural
1. A very thin round cake cooked on both sides in a pan, often eaten hot with sweet
薄煎餅
較薄，可配甜鹹餡料
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.
Renata 把火腿和起司夾進熱薄煎餅裡當午餐。
pancake with a savoury filling
At the school fair, Dewi bought a lemon pancake covered with sugar.
在學校園遊會上，Dewi 買了一張灑糖的檸檬薄煎餅。
The cook folded each pancake around mushrooms before serving the first course.
廚師把每張薄煎餅包上蘑菇後，才端出第一道菜。
A thin pancake with jam was still hot when Michael sat down.
Michael 坐下時，那張配果醬的薄煎餅還是熱的。
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
美式鬆餅
常當早餐，配楓糖漿吃
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.
Élise 上路前點了藍莓美式鬆餅和楓糖漿。
breakfast collocation: pancakes with maple syrup
Christopher flipped a pancake while the children waited at the table.
Christopher 翻動一張美式鬆餅時，孩子們正在餐桌旁等著。
The diner serves pancakes all morning with butter and sliced bananas.
那家餐館整個早上都供應配奶油和香蕉片的美式鬆餅。
On Sunday, Salma made tall pancakes for her brother's birthday breakfast.
星期天，Salma 為弟弟的生日早餐做了高高一疊美式鬆餅。
用法筆記
Especially North American in flavour and often pictured as thicker, sweeter, and served as a breakfast stack.
pancake — 動詞
- 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
機腹著地
飛機平拍般重重落地
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.
那架受損飛機失去兩個輪子後，在跑道上機腹著地。
aircraft + pancake + onto runway
During the storm drill, the training jet pancaked into the muddy field.
在暴風演練中，那架訓練噴射機在泥地裡機腹著地。
The small aircraft pancaked on the lake and sent water over the windows.
那架小飛機在湖面上機腹著地，水花濺過了窗戶。
After the engine failed, the rescue helicopter pancaked beside the road.
引擎失效後，那架救援直升機在路旁機腹著地。
- 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
迫使機腹著地
使飛機平拍般落地
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.
爆掉的輪胎迫使那架貨機在到達停機坪前機腹著地。
cause + pancake + aircraft object
Crosswinds pancaked the seaplane during its second landing attempt.
側風在第二次降落嘗試時，迫使那架水上飛機機腹著地。
The broken landing gear pancaked the jet on the wet runway.
損壞的起落架在濕跑道上迫使那架噴射機機腹著地。
A sudden downdraft pancaked the helicopter just above the desert strip.
突然的下降氣流在沙地跑道上方迫使那架直升機機腹著地。
- 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
壓扁
撞擊後壓得扁平
To hit or press something until it ends up flattened hard against another surface.
The truck pancaked the metal fence against the warehouse wall.
那輛卡車把金屬圍欄壓扁在倉庫牆邊。
pancake + object + against surface
Falling concrete pancaked the parked bicycles outside the station.
掉落的混凝土把車站外停著的腳踏車壓扁了。
The blast pancaked several cardboard boxes near the loading door.
那股爆炸氣浪把裝貨門附近的幾個紙箱壓扁了。
A heavy branch pancaked the garden chair during the night storm.
夜裡的暴風中，一根重樹枝把花園椅壓扁了。
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.