cake
noun
Definitions of cake noun
food(食物)
- A1Countable(可數名詞)Uncountable(不可數名詞)
A sweet baked food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, fat, and sugar.
蛋糕
Would you like a slice of cake?
你想來一片蛋糕嗎？
This shop sells both chocolate cake and sponge cake.
這家店賣巧克力蛋糕和海綿蛋糕。
We prepared a birthday cake for him.
我們為他準備了一個生日蛋糕。
shape(形狀)
- Countable(可數名詞)
A small, flat object made by pressing a soft substance together.
餅；糕餅
The restaurant serves fish cakes and potato cakes.
這家餐廳供應魚餅和馬鈴薯餅。
I need a cake of soap.
我需要一塊肥皂。
verb
Definitions of cake verb
- Transitive(及物動詞)Usually passive(通常被動)
To cover something thickly with a substance that then dries and hardens.
覆蓋；覆蓋厚厚一層
The children's clothes were caked with mud.
孩子們的衣服上沾滿了泥巴。
The car tires were caked with dried mud.
汽車輪胎上沾滿了乾泥。
She mentioned that if your intestines are caked up with stuff, most of what you eat is not going to be absorbed.
她提到如果你的腸道被東西堵塞，大部分你吃的東西都不會被吸收。
Idioms
- take the cake
To be particularly annoying, surprising, or impressive, often to an extreme degree; to be the most remarkable, either negatively or positively, among similar things.
壞到極點
• He was an hour late and didn't even bring the report; that really takes the cake!
他遲到了一個小時，甚至沒有帶報告；那真的是太過分了！
- have your cake and eat it (too)
to want to have two incompatible things at the same time.
不能兩者兼得
• She wants to live in the countryside but still enjoy the conveniences of the city; she really wants to have her cake and eat it too.
她想住在鄉村，但仍想享受城市的便利；她真的想要魚與熊掌兼得。
- the slice/share of the cake
The portion of money, profit, or resources that is available or allocated to someone.
指可獲得的金錢、利益或資源的一份。
• After many years of effort, he finally secured a large slice of the cake in this business.
經過多年的努力，他終於在這門生意中獲得了很大的一份利潤。