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cake cake ★★★☆☆/ke͟ɪk/1[N-VAR	可变名词]蛋糕；糕饼 A cake is a sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, and fat in an oven. Cakes may be large and cut into slices or small and intended for one person only. ...a piece of cake...一块蛋糕Would you like some chocolate cake?来点巧克力蛋糕怎么样?...little cakes with white icing.裹有白色糖衣的小蛋糕2[N-COUNT	可数名词]饼状食物；饼 Food that is formed into flat round shapes before it is cooked can be referred to as cakes .   [usu supp N]...fish cakes.鱼饼...home-made potato cakes.自家做的土豆饼3[N-COUNT	可数名词]块；小块 A cake of soap is a small block of it.   [usu N of n]...a small cake of lime-scented soap.一小块青柠味香皂4[VERB	动词]结块；凝结成块 If something such as blood or mud cakes, it changes from a thick liquid to a dry layer or lump.   [V]The blood had begun to cake and turn brown.血开始结块变黑。5[PHRASE	短语]二者兼得；鱼与熊掌兼得 If you think that someone wants the benefits of doing two things when it is only reasonable to expect the benefits of doing one, you can say that they want to have their cake and eat it .   [Vs inflect]  [disapproval]What he wants is a switch to a market economy in a way which does not reduce people's standard of living. To many this sounds like wanting to have his cake and eat it.他想要转型为市场经济，同时又不降低人们的生活水平。在许多人看来，这是想要鱼与熊掌兼得。6[PHRASE	短语]非常抢手；非常畅销；热销 If things are selling like hot cakes, a lot of people are buying them.   [V inflects]  [INFORMAL 非正式]Books on the Royal Family are selling like hot cakes.有关皇室的书卖得正火。7[PHRASE	短语]小事一桩，易如反掌，小菜一碟（常用于安慰别人） If you think something is very easy to do, you can say it is a piece of cake. People often say this to stop someone feeling worried about doing something they have to do.   [usu v-link PHR]  [INFORMAL 非正式]Getting rid of him will be a piece of cake...摆脱掉他就是小事一桩。Just another surveillance job, old chap. Piece of cake to somebody like you.老伙计，只不过又是一份盯梢的活。对你这样的人来说还不是小菜一碟。8[PHRASE	短语](愚蠢、无礼、自私的行为）非常过分，极其讨厌 If someone has done something very stupid, rude, or selfish, you can say that they take the cake or that what they have done takes the cake, to emphasize your surprise at their behaviour.   [V inflects]  [emphasis]  [AM 美]in BRIT, use 英国英语用 take the biscuit9  the icing on the cake→see: icing；  cake1 nouncake2 verbcakecake1 /keɪk/ ●●● S2 W3 noun  Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1cake (1) [countable, uncountable] a soft sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, butter, sugar, and eggs:  We had cake and ice cream. a chocolate cake2fish/rice/potato etc cake fish, rice etc that has been formed into a flat round shape and then cooked3[countable] a small block of somethingcake of a cake of soap4be a piece of cake spoken to be very easy:  ‘How do you do that?’ ‘It’s a piece of cake! Watch!’5take the cake (also take the biscuit British English) informal to be worse than anything else you can imagine:  I’ve heard some pretty dumb ideas, but that takes the cake!6have your cake and eat it British English, have your cake and eat it too American English spoken to have all the advantages of something without its disadvantages7a slice of the cake British English a share of the profit, help etc that is available:  Both companies expect to get a big slice of the cake. → sell like hot cakesat hot cake(1)COLLOCATIONSverbsmake/bake a cake· Let’s make a cake for his birthday.decorate a cake· We decorated the cake with strawberries and cream.ice a cake British English, frost a cake American English (=cover a cake with fine sugar mixed with a liquid)· She iced her own wedding cake.phrasesa piece/slice of cake· Would you like a slice of cake?a cake recipe· Do you have any good cake recipes?a cake tin British English, a cake pan American English (=that you bake a cake in)· Use a 20 cm cake tin.a cake shop· There’s a very good cake shop in the market.cake mix (=a mixture that you buy in a packet and use for making a cake)· If I’m feeling lazy, I sometimes use a cake mix.types of cakea birthday/Christmas/wedding cake (=a special cake for a birthday etc)· Lucy had twelve candles on her birthday cake.a home-made cake· Home-made cakes are much nicer than bought ones.a fruit cake (=one with dried fruit in it)· Fruit cakes keep for quite a long time.a sponge cake (=one made from flour, butter, sugar, and eggs)· It’s best to eat sponge cakes on the day you make them.a chocolate/lemon etc cake (=a sponge cake with a chocolate etc flavour)· She’d baked a chocolate cake for me.a cream cake (=one with thick cream inside it)· I’ll get fat if I eat any more cream cakes.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘cook a cake’. Say  make a cake or  bake a cake.cake1 nouncake2 verbcakecake2 verb  Verb Table Examples Collocations Phrases 1be caked with/in something to be covered with a layer of something soft or wet that becomes thick and hard when it dries:  Our boots were caked with mud.2[intransitive] if a substance cakes, it forms a thick hard layer when it dries

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jEPoK/1xFvkT+4I2iOf8Ef5sIAmcFFHMXMY+ZbUIAgkChAeSZLj/xJBCo6/a1i3iyTAxGds+sOnJyDZpn9kxmtpih00g0nqqee1YqnKNUvHUVYUF0ay9Q3yx1G7iukpcfDX8mJHtia2iEYXoLcirHA==             cake              ★                    /        keɪk                ;          NAmE                keɪk                /                              noun                ,                  verb                            cake      cakes      caked      caking                            noun        ★                    1      ★              [countable            ,       uncountable        ]                    a sweet food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, butter, sugar, etc. that is baked in an oven. Cakes are made in various shapes and sizes and are often decorated, for example with cream or          icing.          糕饼；蛋糕                            ◆        a          piece/slice of cake                一块╱一片蛋糕                    ◆        to          make/bake a cake                做╱烘烤蛋糕                    ◆        a chocolate cake        巧克力蛋糕                    ◆        a birthday cake        生日蛋糕                    ◆        (          BrE)                a cake tin          (= for cooking a cake in)                蛋糕烤盘                    ◆        (          NAmE)                a cake pan        蛋糕烤盘                    ☞see also                                            angel food cake                                      ,                                            Christmas cake                                      ,                                            fruit cake                                      ,                                            sponge cake                                      ,                                            wedding cake                                                  2              [countable        ]                    a food mixture that is cooked in a round flat shape          饼状食物；饼                            ◆        potato cakes        土豆饼                    ☞see also                                            fishcake                                                  IDIOMS              have your cake and ˈeat it                  (            BrE)                                (            also            have your cake and eat it too                          NAmE,              BrE                        )                                to have the advantages of sth without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available              得其利而无其弊；两者兼得                                                  a slice/share of the ˈcake                  (            BrE)                                (                          NAmE                        a piece/slice/share of the ˈpie            )                                a share of the available money or benefits that you believe you have a right to              应分得的一份钱财（或利益）                                                  take the ˈcake                  (            especially NAmE)                                (                          BrE also                        take the ˈbiscuit            )                                (              informal)                        to be the most surprising, annoying, etc. thing that has happened or that sb has done              空前惊人；极其讨厌                                                  ☞more at                                    hot                                   adj.            ,                                    icing                              ,                                    piece                                   n.                                  verb                    1              [transitive            ,       usually passive        ]                    cakesth (in/with sth)                    to cover sth with a thick layer of sth soft that becomes hard when it dries          （厚厚一层干后即变硬的软东西）覆盖                            ◆        Her shoes were caked with mud.        她的鞋上粘着污泥。                    2              [intransitive        ]                    if a substance          cakes,it becomes hard when it dries          （干后）结成硬块；胶凝                                              ▶                caked                  /          keɪkt                    ;            NAmE                    keɪkt                    /                          adjective                                      ◆          caked blood          凝结了的血                                cake              /        keɪk                ;          NAmE                keɪk                /                    caked              /        keɪkt                ;          NAmE                keɪkt                /             cake[keɪk]caked, caking, cakesCET4CET6TEM4考研v1970847015317705315n2556148581495352553354036467NOUN2189612480VERB257306999Spoken:111244878caked[250] cakes[7031]蛋糕(98%)，块状物(2%)n.蛋糕；块状物；利益总额vt.使结块vi.结成块状n.(Cake)人名；(英)凯克；(塞)察凯

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Collins	cake ★★★☆☆ /ke͟ɪk/ 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]蛋糕；糕饼 A cake is a sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, and fat in an oven. Cakes may be large and cut into slices or small and intended for one person only. ...a piece of cake... 一块蛋糕 Would you like some chocolate cake? 来点巧克力蛋糕怎么样? ...little cakes with white icing. 裹有白色糖衣的小蛋糕 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]饼状食物；饼 Food that is formed into flat round shapes before it is cooked can be referred to as cakes . [usu supp N] ...fish cakes. 鱼饼 ...home-made potato cakes. 自家做的土豆饼 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]块；小块 A cake of soap is a small block of it. [usu N of n] ...a small cake of lime-scented soap. 一小块青柠味香皂 4 [VERB 动词]结块；凝结成块 If something such as blood or mud cakes, it changes from a thick liquid to a dry layer or lump. [V] The blood had begun to cake and turn brown. 血开始结块变黑。 5 [PHRASE 短语]二者兼得；鱼与熊掌兼得 If you think that someone wants the benefits of doing two things when it is only reasonable to expect the benefits of doing one, you can say that they want to have their cake and eat it . [Vs inflect] [disapproval] What he wants is a switch to a market economy in a way which does not reduce people's standard of living. To many this sounds like wanting to have his cake and eat it. 他想要转型为市场经济，同时又不降低人们的生活水平。在许多人看来，这是想要鱼与熊掌兼得。 6 [PHRASE 短语]非常抢手；非常畅销；热销 If things are selling like hot cakes, a lot of people are buying them. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式] Books on the Royal Family are selling like hot cakes. 有关皇室的书卖得正火。 7 [PHRASE 短语]小事一桩，易如反掌，小菜一碟（常用于安慰别人） If you think something is very easy to do, you can say it is a piece of cake. People often say this to stop someone feeling worried about doing something they have to do. [usu v-link PHR] [INFORMAL 非正式] Getting rid of him will be a piece of cake... 摆脱掉他就是小事一桩。 Just another surveillance job, old chap. Piece of cake to somebody like you. 老伙计，只不过又是一份盯梢的活。对你这样的人来说还不是小菜一碟。 8 [PHRASE 短语](愚蠢、无礼、自私的行为）非常过分，极其讨厌 If someone has done something very stupid, rude, or selfish, you can say that they take the cake or that what they have done takes the cake, to emphasize your surprise at their behaviour. [V inflects] [emphasis] [AM 美] in BRIT, use 英国英语用 take the biscuit 9 the icing on the cake→see: icing ；
Oxford	cake ★ / keɪk ; NAmE keɪk / noun , verb cake cakes caked caking noun ★ 1 ★ [countable , uncountable ] a sweet food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, butter, sugar, etc. that is baked in an oven. Cakes are made in various shapes and sizes and are often decorated, for example with cream or icing. 糕饼；蛋糕 ◆ a piece/slice of cake 一块╱一片蛋糕 ◆ to make/bake a cake 做╱烘烤蛋糕 ◆ a chocolate cake 巧克力蛋糕 ◆ a birthday cake 生日蛋糕 ◆ ( BrE) a cake tin (= for cooking a cake in) 蛋糕烤盘 ◆ ( NAmE) a cake pan 蛋糕烤盘 ☞see also angel food cake , Christmas cake , fruit cake , sponge cake , wedding cake 2 [countable ] a food mixture that is cooked in a round flat shape 饼状食物；饼 ◆ potato cakes 土豆饼 ☞see also fishcake IDIOMS have your cake and ˈeat it ( BrE) ( also have your cake and eat it too NAmE, BrE ) to have the advantages of sth without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available 得其利而无其弊；两者兼得 a slice/share of the ˈcake ( BrE) ( NAmE a piece/slice/share of the ˈpie ) a share of the available money or benefits that you believe you have a right to 应分得的一份钱财（或利益） take the ˈcake ( especially NAmE) ( BrE also take the ˈbiscuit ) ( informal) to be the most surprising, annoying, etc. thing that has happened or that sb has done 空前惊人；极其讨厌 ☞more at hot adj. , icing , piece n. verb 1 [transitive , usually passive ] cakesth (in/with sth) to cover sth with a thick layer of sth soft that becomes hard when it dries （厚厚一层干后即变硬的软东西）覆盖 ◆ Her shoes were caked with mud. 她的鞋上粘着污泥。 2 [intransitive ] if a substance cakes,it becomes hard when it dries （干后）结成硬块；胶凝 ▶ caked / keɪkt ; NAmE keɪkt / adjective ◆ caked blood 凝结了的血 cake / keɪk ; NAmE keɪk / caked / keɪkt ; NAmE keɪkt /
LDC	cake1 noun cake2 verb cakecake1 /keɪk/ ●●● S2 W3 noun Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1cake (1) [countable, uncountable] a soft sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, butter, sugar, and eggs: We had cake and ice cream. a chocolate cake2fish/rice/potato etc cake fish, rice etc that has been formed into a flat round shape and then cooked3[countable] a small block of somethingcake of a cake of soap4be a piece of cake spoken to be very easy: ‘How do you do that?’ ‘It’s a piece of cake! Watch!’5take the cake (also take the biscuit British English) informal to be worse than anything else you can imagine: I’ve heard some pretty dumb ideas, but that takes the cake!6have your cake and eat it British English, have your cake and eat it too American English spoken to have all the advantages of something without its disadvantages7a slice of the cake British English a share of the profit, help etc that is available: Both companies expect to get a big slice of the cake. → sell like hot cakes at hot cake(1) COLLOCATIONSverbsmake/bake a cake· Let’s make a cake for his birthday.decorate a cake· We decorated the cake with strawberries and cream.ice a cake British English, frost a cake American English (=cover a cake with fine sugar mixed with a liquid)· She iced her own wedding cake.phrasesa piece/slice of cake· Would you like a slice of cake?a cake recipe· Do you have any good cake recipes?a cake tin British English, a cake pan American English (=that you bake a cake in)· Use a 20 cm cake tin.a cake shop· There’s a very good cake shop in the market.cake mix (=a mixture that you buy in a packet and use for making a cake)· If I’m feeling lazy, I sometimes use a cake mix.types of cakea birthday/Christmas/wedding cake (=a special cake for a birthday etc)· Lucy had twelve candles on her birthday cake.a home-made cake· Home-made cakes are much nicer than bought ones.a fruit cake (=one with dried fruit in it)· Fruit cakes keep for quite a long time.a sponge cake (=one made from flour, butter, sugar, and eggs)· It’s best to eat sponge cakes on the day you make them.a chocolate/lemon etc cake (=a sponge cake with a chocolate etc flavour)· She’d baked a chocolate cake for me.a cream cake (=one with thick cream inside it)· I’ll get fat if I eat any more cream cakes.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘cook a cake’. Say make a cake or bake a cake. cake1 noun cake2 verb cakecake2 verb Verb Table Examples Collocations Phrases 1be caked with/in something to be covered with a layer of something soft or wet that becomes thick and hard when it dries: Our boots were caked with mud.2[intransitive] if a substance cakes, it forms a thick hard layer when it dries
WDF	cake [keɪk]caked, caking, cakes CET4CET6TEM4考研 v19708 470 15 317 70 53 15 n2556 14858 1495 3525 5335 4036 467 NOUN2189 612480 VERB25730 6999 Spoken: 111244878 caked[250] cakes[7031] 蛋糕(98%)，块状物(2%) n.蛋糕；块状物；利益总额 vt.使结块 vi.结成块状 n.(Cake)人名；(英)凯克；(塞)察凯

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