cake
n
1 [C, U] sweet food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, butter, sugar, etc baked in a certain shape or size and usu iced or decorated 糕; 蛋糕; 糕饼
a sponge cake 海绵状蛋糕
a chocolate cake 巧克力蛋糕
a fruit cake 水果蛋糕
a piece/slice of (birthday) cake 一块[片](生日)蛋糕
an assortment of fancy cakes 什锦花蛋糕
Have some more cake! 再多吃些蛋糕!
2 [C] other food mixture cooked in a round flat shape 饼
`fish cakes 鱼肉饼 * po`tato cakes 马铃薯饼.
3 [C] shaped or hardened mass of a substance 块状物
a cake of soap 一块肥皂.
4 (idm 习语) cakes and `ale pleasurable things in life 生活中的乐事; 吃喝玩乐
Life isn't all cakes and ale, you know. 要知道生活并非都是吃喝玩乐. get, want, etc a slice/share of the `cake get, etc a share of the benefits or profits one is or feels entitled to, eg as an employee of a business or an industry or as a member of a profession 得到应得的一份利益
As workers in a profit-making industry, miners are demanding a larger slice of the cake. 矿工们身处赚钱的企业, 要求多分一杯羹. have one's cake and `eat it (infml 口) enjoy the benefits from two alternative courses of action, etc when only one or the other is possible (在两者中只可得其一时)两者兼得
He wants a regular income but doesn't want to work. He can't have his cake and eat it! 他又想要有稳定的收入, 又不想工作. 他不能两者兼得. a piece of cake => piece1. sell like hot cakes => sell. take the biscuit/cake => biscuit. cake, v
1 [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (in/with sth) cover sth thickly (with sth that becomes hard when dry (以乾後可变硬的东西)厚厚地覆盖某物)
His shoes were caked with mud. 他鞋上粘著厚厚的泥.
2 [I] harden into a compact mass 结成硬块
Blood from the wound had caked on his face. 伤口的血在他脸上结成了硬块.
🔁 扩展释义
*[keik]n. 蛋糕, 块, 饼vt. 使结块, 加块状物于vi. 结块【医】 饼; 饼状物相关词组: take the cake have one's cake and eat it
spreadvt.& vi. 伸开;展开;(使)传播;(使)散布;
n. 范围;连续的一段时间;
vt. 涂;把…覆盖在…上(over);把…敲平;散发(气、烟等);
vi. (景色、景致)展现;传开;(人群)散开;软化;
adj. 张开的;[语言学]双唇展开的;(宝石)扁薄发光的;(文章、照片等)跨两栏(或多栏)的;
smoothadj. 光滑的;流畅的;柔软的;温和的,安详的;
vt. 使平滑;排除,消除;安抚,平息;使优雅;
vi. 变平和,变缓和;
n. 平地,平面;
fencen. 栅栏,篱笆;围墙;防护物;剑术;
vt. 用篱笆围住;防护;练习剑术;
vi. 练习击剑;搪塞;围以栅栏;跳过栅栏;