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cake

释义

cake

noun

UK /keɪk/

Word Forms

singular	cake
plural	cakes

1
countable/uncountable a sweet food made by baking a mixture that usually contains sugar, eggs, flour, and butter or oil
a chocolate cake
a birthday/wedding/Christmas cake
a piece/slice of cake:
Would you like a slice of cake?
make/bake a cake:
She was making a cake for Peter’s birthday.
Synonyms and related words
Cakes and biscuits
baking sheet
Beaver Tail
biscuit
Synonyms and related words
Sweet food and desserts
angelica
apple pie
banana split
2
countable a small amount of food formed into a flat round shape and cooked
rice/potato cakes
Synonyms and related words
Amounts and pieces of food
a stick of butter/margarine
batch
bed
3
countable a small hard block of something, especially soap
Synonyms and related words
Soap and bath products
bar
bath oil
bath salts
4

the cake
used for talking about something that must be shared among several people or organizations, especially an amount of money
a slice of the cake:
They’re worried that their slice of the cake is going to get smaller.
divide/cut the cake:
They had to agree on ways of dividing the cake.
Synonyms and related words
A share of something
moiety
share
proportion

phrases

have your cake and eat it

let them eat cake

a piece of cake

take the cake

cake

noun

US /keɪk/

Word Forms

singular	cake
plural	cakes

1
countable/uncountable a sweet food made by baking a mixture that usually contains sugar, eggs, flour, and butter or oil
a chocolate cake
a birthday/wedding/Christmas cake
a piece/slice of cake:
Would you like a slice of cake?
make/bake a cake:
She was making a cake for Peter’s birthday.
Synonyms and related words
Cakes and biscuits
baking sheet
Beaver Tail
biscuit
Synonyms and related words
Sweet food and desserts
angelica
apple pie
banana split
2
countable a small amount of food formed into a flat round shape and cooked
rice/potato cakes
Synonyms and related words
Amounts and pieces of food
a stick of butter/margarine
batch
bed
3
countable a small hard block of something, especially soap
Synonyms and related words
Soap and bath products
bar
bath oil
bath salts

phrases

have your cake and eat it too

let them eat cake

a piece of cake

take the cake

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