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单词 cakewalk
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Definition of cakewalk in English:

cakewalk

noun ˈkeɪkwɔːkˈkeɪkˌwɔk
  • 1informal An absurdly or surprisingly easy task.

    winning the league won't be a cakewalk for them
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And so has this story, this investigation, this scandal, changed the election from what was a cakewalk into now possibly a defeat for the prime minister?
    • Let's just get this part over with, then the rest will be a cakewalk.
    • It's the psychological condition that allowed them and their followers to convince themselves that invading and occupying a large but dysfunctional country would be a cakewalk.
    • The First Amendment, we should recall, would be a cakewalk if people expressed themselves within prescribed boundaries of acceptable speech.
    • As tough as it may be to get hired in political science, it's a cakewalk compared to getting a position in, say, English departments.
    • For his city-dwelling clients, the climb isn't such a cakewalk.
    • Pardon the mixed metaphor, but as those of us who rode the roller coaster from start to finish know, this isn't, alas, a team that's mastered the art of the cakewalk.
    • My Spanish exam was a cakewalk, I finished in about 20 minutes.
    • ‘To get established was not easy, it was not a cakewalk for me,’ she admits.
    • Although I suspect the match will be a cakewalk, we are going to take it very seriously.
    • From here on, international tournaments will not be American All-Star cakewalks.
    • ‘I knew from day one of joining the four-month course that passing the exam would be a cakewalk,’ he says, with a twinkle in his eyes.
    • The fact that the guard was a thin man considerably shorter than Walker made the task seem like a cakewalk.
    • Today the soon-to-be Senate majority leader suggested things won't necessarily be a cakewalk for his own party in the new Senate.
    • But that does not mean that Roberts’ trip to the high bench will be a cakewalk, nor should it be.
    • It was not exactly a cakewalk for the actresses either: ‘There is a lot of Urdu used in the film and we had to work on our diction as well as dance for the songs.’
    • I don't think it's going to be a cakewalk for us to stay there.
    • I don't think anybody knows how long it would take, and I don't think anybody should go on the impression that it's going to be easy or a cakewalk or whatever those phrases are that people use.
    • It annoys us a bit that some people assumed that after beating Cork this would be a bit of a cakewalk for us, that we'd go up there and beat them well.
    • But fortunately, for even the most dunderheaded of theatre-goers - your reviewer included - acting in this play should prove a cakewalk.
    Synonyms
    easy task, easy job, child's play, five-finger exercise, gift, walkover, nothing, sinecure, gravy train
  • 2historical A dancing contest among black Americans in which a cake was awarded as a prize.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It arose in the slavery period as an accompaniment to plantation dances like the cakewalk.
    • As a cultural form, the cakewalk originated on the antebellum plantation as a key vehicle of black resistance against enslavement.
    • I learned that the cakewalk, a highstepping dance, began on Southern plantations in the 1840s.
    • Linked to West African dance forms, the joyous strutting of the cakewalks implied that the plantation was a sunny home with happy slaves; beneath that facade, however, the dance actually mocked the slave owners.
    1. 2.1 A strutting dance popularized by minstrel shows in the late 19th century.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • New to audiences might be the fact that the lindy hop, along with the Charleston, cakewalk, minstrel blues and boogie-woogie, was not originally called swing, but rather jazz.
      • Dream ballets and integrated dance numbers replaced flashy kick lines, and for a while, it looked as if tap would go the way of the cakewalk and the waltz, pretty much disappearing from our musical theater.
      • Starting with footage shot by Thomas Edison (yes, the Thomas Edison), this magnificent compilation takes us from dances like the cakewalk to the jitterbug.
      • Her dance revue, Le Jazz Hot, included vernacular forms like the shimmy, black bottom, shorty george and the cakewalk.
verbˈkeɪkwɔːkˈkeɪkˌwɔk
[no object]
  • 1informal Achieve or win something easily.

    he cakewalked to a 5–1 triumph
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Not surprisingly, he cakewalked through the competition, reinforcing his father's belief that his son would also rise through the bodybuilding ranks.
    • Had they played sensibly they could have cakewalked that game.
    • Tell me again why the Liberals are expected to cakewalk through the coming election?
    • ‘I wouldn't want to be cakewalking through games and then get to the playoffs and not have this kind of experience, ‘Donovan said.’
    • Only a few teams have a chance to prevent Arizona from cakewalking through the rest of the season.
  • 2Walk or dance in the manner of a cakewalk.

    a troupe of clowns cakewalked by
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As the troupe becomes even more successful, their stage set at the Maxwell Theater features a huge Sambo backdrop through whose grinning mouth the minstrels cakewalk onto the stage.
    • The whole Virginia Minstrels chorus joins in while cakewalking in line behind Emmett.
 
 

Definition of cakewalk in US English:

cakewalk

nounˈkeɪkˌwɔkˈkākˌwôk
  • 1informal An absurdly or surprisingly easy task.

    winning the game won't be a cakewalk
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's the psychological condition that allowed them and their followers to convince themselves that invading and occupying a large but dysfunctional country would be a cakewalk.
    • But fortunately, for even the most dunderheaded of theatre-goers - your reviewer included - acting in this play should prove a cakewalk.
    • The fact that the guard was a thin man considerably shorter than Walker made the task seem like a cakewalk.
    • But that does not mean that Roberts’ trip to the high bench will be a cakewalk, nor should it be.
    • It was not exactly a cakewalk for the actresses either: ‘There is a lot of Urdu used in the film and we had to work on our diction as well as dance for the songs.’
    • ‘I knew from day one of joining the four-month course that passing the exam would be a cakewalk,’ he says, with a twinkle in his eyes.
    • Pardon the mixed metaphor, but as those of us who rode the roller coaster from start to finish know, this isn't, alas, a team that's mastered the art of the cakewalk.
    • Today the soon-to-be Senate majority leader suggested things won't necessarily be a cakewalk for his own party in the new Senate.
    • For his city-dwelling clients, the climb isn't such a cakewalk.
    • The First Amendment, we should recall, would be a cakewalk if people expressed themselves within prescribed boundaries of acceptable speech.
    • Let's just get this part over with, then the rest will be a cakewalk.
    • ‘To get established was not easy, it was not a cakewalk for me,’ she admits.
    • It annoys us a bit that some people assumed that after beating Cork this would be a bit of a cakewalk for us, that we'd go up there and beat them well.
    • My Spanish exam was a cakewalk, I finished in about 20 minutes.
    • And so has this story, this investigation, this scandal, changed the election from what was a cakewalk into now possibly a defeat for the prime minister?
    • As tough as it may be to get hired in political science, it's a cakewalk compared to getting a position in, say, English departments.
    • From here on, international tournaments will not be American All-Star cakewalks.
    • Although I suspect the match will be a cakewalk, we are going to take it very seriously.
    • I don't think it's going to be a cakewalk for us to stay there.
    • I don't think anybody knows how long it would take, and I don't think anybody should go on the impression that it's going to be easy or a cakewalk or whatever those phrases are that people use.
    Synonyms
    easy task, easy job, child's play, five-finger exercise, gift, walkover, nothing, sinecure, gravy train
  • 2historical A dancing contest among African Americans in which a cake was awarded as a prize.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Linked to West African dance forms, the joyous strutting of the cakewalks implied that the plantation was a sunny home with happy slaves; beneath that facade, however, the dance actually mocked the slave owners.
    • It arose in the slavery period as an accompaniment to plantation dances like the cakewalk.
    • I learned that the cakewalk, a highstepping dance, began on Southern plantations in the 1840s.
    • As a cultural form, the cakewalk originated on the antebellum plantation as a key vehicle of black resistance against enslavement.
    1. 2.1 A strutting dance popularized by minstrel shows in the late 19th century.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Starting with footage shot by Thomas Edison (yes, the Thomas Edison), this magnificent compilation takes us from dances like the cakewalk to the jitterbug.
      • Her dance revue, Le Jazz Hot, included vernacular forms like the shimmy, black bottom, shorty george and the cakewalk.
      • New to audiences might be the fact that the lindy hop, along with the Charleston, cakewalk, minstrel blues and boogie-woogie, was not originally called swing, but rather jazz.
      • Dream ballets and integrated dance numbers replaced flashy kick lines, and for a while, it looked as if tap would go the way of the cakewalk and the waltz, pretty much disappearing from our musical theater.
verbˈkeɪkˌwɔkˈkākˌwôk
[no object]
  • 1informal Achieve or win something easily.

    he cakewalked to a 5-1 triumph
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Had they played sensibly they could have cakewalked that game.
    • Not surprisingly, he cakewalked through the competition, reinforcing his father's belief that his son would also rise through the bodybuilding ranks.
    • Only a few teams have a chance to prevent Arizona from cakewalking through the rest of the season.
    • Tell me again why the Liberals are expected to cakewalk through the coming election?
    • ‘I wouldn't want to be cakewalking through games and then get to the playoffs and not have this kind of experience, ‘Donovan said.’
  • 2Walk or dance in the manner of a cakewalk.

    a troupe of clowns cakewalked by
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As the troupe becomes even more successful, their stage set at the Maxwell Theater features a huge Sambo backdrop through whose grinning mouth the minstrels cakewalk onto the stage.
    • The whole Virginia Minstrels chorus joins in while cakewalking in line behind Emmett.
 
 
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