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单词 cake
释义 cake
I. \ˈkāk\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old English cœcil small cake, Old High German kuocho cake, and probably to Lithuanian guoge cabbagehead, head
1.
 a. : any of a variety of breads usually small in size and typically round and flat in shape: as
  (1) : a flat mass of dough, sometimes unleavened, shaped round or oval by hand, and baked with a crust on both sides
  (2) Scotland : a thin hard-baked bread of oatmeal
  (3) : a thin flat bread (as a griddlecake) made from batter fried on a griddle or other utensil
  (4) : biscuit dough enriched with shortening and eggs and baked and served hot with fruit or meat (as shortcake)
 b. : any of a variety of fancy sweetened breads: as
  (1) : a loaf baked in a variety of forms and sizes, made from a sweet dough or batter of flour and other ingredients, and often coated with an icing
  (2) : a usually small mass of firm dough variously shaped, leavened with yeast or baking powder, and cooked in deep fat (as a friedcake)
 c. : a flattened usually round mass of food (as potato, hashed meat, fish) baked or fried
2.
 a. : a block of compacted or congealed matter
  < a cake of soap >
  < an ice cake >
 b. : a hard or brittle layer or deposit : crust
  < the cake formed in a pipe >
 c. : a hollow cylinder of yarn produced by the spinning process for viscose rayon
3. : oil cake, filter cake
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
: to cover (a surface) with a crust : encrust
 < his jacket was caked with dust >
: fill (a space) with a packed mass
 < caked fingernails >
intransitive verb
1. : to form or harden into a mass
 < coral is formed by the caking of minute shells into stone >
— see caked breast
2. : to fuse (as of coal) into a pasty mass when heated
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