torte

IPA/tɔːrt/

torte — 名詞

  • tortesingular
  • tortesplural

1. a rich dessert cake, usually made with ground nuts or bread crumbs in place of f

1.名詞B1
釋義

濃郁堅果蛋糕

以果仁取代麵粉的濃郁蛋糕

a rich dessert cake, usually made with ground nuts or bread crumbs in place of flour, and often layered or topped with cream, fruit, or chocolate

例句

Nila baked a chocolate torte with fresh raspberries for her grandmother's birthday dinner.

Nila 為了祖母的生日晚宴，烤了一個巧克力堅果蛋糕，上面鋪滿新鮮覆盆子。

For dessert, the restaurant served a thin slice of hazelnut torte with strong coffee.

甜點時間，餐廳端上了一薄片榛果蛋糕，搭配濃咖啡。

同義詞
  • cake

    a broader term for any sweet baked dessert; torte is a specific type of cake

  • gateau

    a rich layered cake similar to torte, more common in British English; gateau uses flour while torte often does not

文法句型

torte (countable)

compound: [type] + torte

用法筆記

Tortes are denser and richer than ordinary sponge cakes because they use ground nuts or bread crumbs instead of flour. Many well-known tortes have German or Austrian names, such as Sachertorte and Linzer Torte.

常見錯誤

❌I ate a light and fluffy torte for breakfast.
✅I ate a slice of rich chocolate torte after dinner.
💡Tortes are dense and heavy, not light and fluffy like sponge cake.