| 释义 |
hoecake in British English (ˈhəʊˌkeɪk) hoecake in American English (ˈhoʊˌkeɪk) US noun a thin bread made of cornmeal, orig. baked on a hoe at the fire hoecake in American English (ˈhouˌkeik) noun(in South Midland and Southern US dialect) an unleavened cake made with flour or corn meal: originally baked on a hoe but now usually cooked on a griddle Word origin [1735–45, Amer.; hoe + cake]This word is first recorded in the period 1735–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cutoff, editorial, injector, tandem, washboard |