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N-VAR
蛋糕;糕餅
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.
例句
...a piece of cake...
一塊蛋糕
Would you like some chocolate cake?
來(lái)點(diǎn)巧克力蛋糕怎么樣?
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N-COUNT
餅狀食物;餅
Food that is formed into flat round shapes before it is cooked can be referred to as cakes .
例句
...fish cakes.
魚餅
...home-made potato cakes.
自家做的土豆餅
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N-COUNT
塊;小塊
A cake of soap is a small block of it.
例句
...a small cake of lime-scented soap.
一小塊青檸味香皂
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VERB
結(jié)塊;凝結(jié)成塊
If something such as blood or mud cakes, it changes from a thick liquid to a dry layer or lump.
例句
The blood had begun to cake and turn brown.
血開(kāi)始結(jié)塊變黑。
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PHRASE
二者兼得;魚與熊掌兼得
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 .
例句
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(zhuǎn)型為市場(chǎng)經(jīng)濟(jì),同時(shí)又不降低人們的生活水平。在許多人看來(lái),這是想要魚與熊掌兼得。
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PHRASE
非常搶手;非常暢銷;熱銷
If things are selling like hot cakes, a lot of people are buying them.
例句
Books on the Royal Family are selling like hot cakes.
有關(guān)皇室的書賣得正火。
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PHRASE
小事一樁，易如反掌，小菜一碟（常用于安慰別人）
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.
例句
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.
老伙計(jì),只不過(guò)又是一份盯梢的活。對(duì)你這樣的人來(lái)說(shuō)還不是小菜一碟。
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PHRASE
(愚蠢、無(wú)禮、自私的行為）非常過(guò)分，極其討厭
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.