cakes
n. 蛋糕( cake的名詞複數 ); 糕餅; 餅狀食物; 塊狀物
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...
一塊蛋糕
Would you like some chocolate cake?
來點巧克力蛋糕怎麼樣?
Food that is formed into flat round shapes before it is cooked can be referred to as cakes .
...fish cakes.
魚餅
...home-made potato cakes.
自家做的土豆餅
A cake of soap is a small block of it.
...a small cake of lime-scented soap.
一小塊青檸味香皂
If something such as blood or mud cakes, it changes from a thick liquid to a dry layer or lump.
The blood had begun to cake and turn brown.
血開始結塊變黑。
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 .
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.
他想要轉型為市場經濟,同時又不降低人們的生活水平。在許多人看來,這是想要魚與熊掌兼得。
If things are selling like hot cakes, a lot of people are buying them.
Books on the Royal Family are selling like hot cakes.
有關皇室的書賣得正火。
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.
Getting rid of him will be a piece of cake...
擺脫掉他就是小事一樁。
Just another surveillance job, old chap. Piece of cake to somebody like you.
老夥計,只不過又是一份盯梢的活。對你這樣的人來說還不是小菜一碟。
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.
It makes a superb filling for cakes and sponges.
它非常適合做蛋糕和軟布丁的餡兒。
She brought in a tray heavy with elegant sandwiches, scones and cakes.
她端進來一隻盤子,裡面盛滿了精美的三明治、烤餅和蛋糕。
Books on the Royal Family are selling like hot cakes.
有關皇室的書賣得正火。
We were all given little iced cakes.
我們都得到了掛糖衣的小蛋糕。
Set out the cakes attractively, using lacy doilies.
鋪上網眼墊紙,將蛋糕擺得誘人些。