| [/keɪk; kek/] n 用法:
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! 用法:
2 [C] other food mixture cooked in a round flat shape 饼:
`fish cakes 鱼肉饼 *
po`tato cakes 马铃薯饼. 用法:
3 [C] shaped or hardened mass of a substance 块状物:
a cake of soap 一块肥皂. 用法:
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) 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 2
v 用法:
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. 用法:
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. |