n.
- 蛋糕,糕餅[U][C]
My wife baked a chocolate
cake for my birthday.
我妻子做了一個巧克力蛋糕慶賀我的生日。
- 餅狀食物[C]
- 塊狀物;塊[C]
- (分享的)利益;(按成分配的)利益總額[the S]
vt.
- 使結塊;在……上結成塊[(+with/on)]
vi.
- 結塊;膠凝
Mud
cakes when it dries.
泥乾了會結成塊。
片語
piece of cake
- 【口】容易之事;輕鬆愉快的事
No sweat. This project will be a
piece of cake.
沒問題,這項計劃不費吹灰之力。
We need not have worried about the math exam. It was a
piece of cake.
我們本不必擔心數學考試,實際上很容易。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.
- 兩者不可兼得
Stay at home and watch TV or go to the party with us.
You cannot eat your cake and have it.
你要麼待在家裡看電視,要麼跟我們去參加舞會,你只能二者選其一。
辨析
n.
- an item of soft sweet food made from baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, etc.
- an item of savoury food formed into a flat round shape, and baked or fried.
▸a flattish compact mass of something:
a cake of soap.
- the amount of money or assets regarded as available for sharing:
a fair slice of the education cake.
v.
(of a thick or sticky substance) cover and become encrusted on.
Phrase
- cakes and ale
dated merrymaking. - a piece of cake
informal something easily achieved. - sell like hot cakes
informal be sold quickly and in large quantities. - take the cake
see take the biscuit at biscuit.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scand. origin.