- [countable, uncountable]
a sweet food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, butter, sugar, etc. that is baked in an oven. Cakes are made in various shapes and sizes and are often decorated, for example with cream or icing. 糕饼；蛋糕 a piece/slice of cake 一块／一片蛋糕 to make/bake a cake 做蛋糕 a chocolate cake 巧克力蛋糕 a birthday cake 生日蛋糕 - (British English)
a cake tin (= for cooking a cake in) 蛋糕烤盘 - (North American English)
a cake pan 蛋糕烤盘 a plate of cream cakes 一盘奶油蛋糕 There's carrot cake for dessert. 甜点是胡萝卜蛋糕。 a box of cake mix 一盒蛋糕粉
Extra ExamplesTopics Fooda1Everyone cheered as the bride and groom cut the wedding cake. 新娘新郎切结婚蛋糕时人人都欢呼起来。 He cut her a slice of cake. 他为她切了一块蛋糕。 I blew out the candles on my birthday cake. 我吹灭了生日蛋糕上的蜡烛。 Pour the cake mixture into a greased and lined tin. 将蛋糕配料粉倒入涂过油的有垫底的烤盘。 She brushed some cake crumbs off her lap. 她拂去了腿上的一些蛋糕屑。 Spread the cake with the butter cream. 给蛋糕抹上奶油酪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- home-made
- moist
- rich
- …
- piece
- slice
- eat
- have
- bake
- …
- crumbs
- recipe
- mix
- …
- [countable]
a food mixture that is cooked in a round, flat shape 饼状食物；饼 potato cakes 土豆饼
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish kaka and Danish kage.
Idioms
go/sell like hot cakes
to be bought quickly or in great numbers 畅销
have your cake and eat it (British English)
(also have your cake and eat it too North American English, British English)
to have the advantages of something without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available 得其利而无其弊；两者兼得
the icing on the cake
(North American English also the frosting on the cake)
something extra and not essential that is added to an already good situation or experience and that makes it even better 锦上添花 It’s an added bonus—the icing on the cake. 这是额外的奖励——锦上添花。
a piece of cake
- (informal)
a thing that is very easy to do 轻而易举的事；举手之劳
a slice/share of the cake (British English)
(British and North American English a piece/slice/share of the pie)
a share of the available money or benefits that you believe you have a right to 应分得的一份钱财（或好处） Scotland is demanding a larger slice of the national cake. 苏格兰要求从国家蛋糕中分得更大一块。
take the cake (especially North American English)
(British English also take the biscuit)
- (informal)
to be the most surprising, annoying, etc. thing that has happened or that somebody has done 空前惊人；极其讨厌