n.
- 蛋糕，糕饼[U][C]
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My wife baked a chocolate
cake for my birthday.
我妻子做了一个巧克力蛋糕庆贺我的生日。
- 饼状食物[C]
- 块状物；块[C]
- （分享的）利益；（按成分配的）利益总额[the S]
vt.
- 使结块；在……上结成块[（+with/on）]
vi.
- 结块；胶凝
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Mud
cakes when it dries.
泥干了会结成块。
短语
a piece of cake
- 【口】容易之事；轻松愉快的事
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No sweat. This project will be
a piece of cake.
没问题，这项计划不费吹灰之力。
We need not have worried about the math exam. It was
a piece of cake.
我们本不必担心数学考试，实际上很容易。
cannot eat your cake and have it
- 两者不可兼得
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Stay at home and watch TV or go to the party with us.
You cannot eat your cake and have it.
你要么呆在家里看电视，要么跟我们去参加舞会，你只能二者选其一。
辨析
n.
- an item of soft sweet food made from baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, etc.
- an item of savoury food formed into a flat round shape, and baked or fried.
▸a flattish compact mass of something:
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a cake of soap.
- the amount of money or assets regarded as available for sharing:
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a fair slice of the education cake.
v.
(of a thick or sticky substance) cover and become encrusted on.
Phrase
- cakes and ale
dated merrymaking. - a piece of cake
informal something easily achieved. - sell like hot cakes
informal be sold quickly and in large quantities. - take the cake
see take the biscuit at biscuit.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scand. origin.
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