| 单词 | one-two-three-four |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone-two-three-four one-two-three-four adj. U.S. regional designating a basic type of cake (so called from the proportions of the ingredients used; see quot. 1847 at sense B. 2b). ΚΠ 1848 T. J. Crowen Amer. Cookery (ed. 2) 294 One-two-three-four cake, One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, and four eggs. 1887 Cent. Mag. Sept. 745/1 Mildred, opening a cookery-book, pointed out ‘one-two-three-four cake’. 1992 A. Waters Fanny at Chez Panisse 118 This cake is called 1-2-3-4 because it is a very old recipe and people could remember the ingredients by the numbers without having to write it down. 2002 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 30 Jan. (Life section) e4 Recipe sleuths may note that Ferebee's cake recipe is a variation of the old standby One-Two-Three-Four Cake, borrowed from Joy of Cooking. < as lemmas |
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