- [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. 糕餅；蛋糕 a piece/slice of cake 一塊／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) 蛋糕烤盤 - (North American English)
a cake pan 蛋糕烤盤 a plate of cream cakes 一盤奶油蛋糕 There's carrot cake for dessert. 甜點是胡蘿蔔蛋糕。 a box of cake mix 一盒蛋糕粉
Extra ExamplesTopics Fooda1Everyone cheered as the bride and groom cut the wedding cake. 新娘新郎切結婚蛋糕時人人都歡呼起來。 He cut her a slice of cake. 他爲她切了一塊蛋糕。 I blew out the candles on my birthday cake. 我吹滅了生日蛋糕上的蠟燭。 Pour the cake mixture into a greased and lined tin. 將蛋糕配料粉倒入塗過油的有墊底的烤盤。 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. 給蛋糕抹上奶油酪。
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 餅狀食物；餅 potato cakes 土豆餅
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 暢銷
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 得其利而無其弊；兩者兼得
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 錦上添花 It’s an added bonus—the icing on the cake. 這是額外的獎勵——錦上添花。
a piece of cake
- (informal)
a thing that is very easy to do 輕而易舉的事；舉手之勞
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 應分得的一份錢財（或好處） Scotland is demanding a larger slice of the national cake. 蘇格蘭要求從國家蛋糕中分得更大一塊。
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 空前驚人；極其討厭