n.蛋糕；塊狀物
cake用作名詞的基本意思是“糕,糕餅”,引申可表示類似糕餅的食物或塊狀物。
cake作“糕,糕餅”解時(shí),既可用作可數(shù)名詞,也可用作不可數(shù)名詞。“一塊蛋糕”常用a piece of cake來表示。作“餅狀食物”“塊狀物”解時(shí),一般只用作可數(shù)名詞。
cake還可用作單位詞,意思是“塊”,其后接of表示數(shù)量。修飾不可數(shù)名詞表示復(fù)數(shù)意義時(shí), cake須用其復(fù)數(shù)形式cakes。
a piece of cake還常引申指“容易〔輕松〕的事情”。例如:This is only a piece of cake for her.這對(duì)她來說簡(jiǎn)直是小菜一碟。This job is anything but a piece of cake.這份差事決不輕松。
cake有時(shí)還可用作動(dòng)詞,意思是“(使)結(jié)塊”“(使)膠凝”。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),常用于be ～ed結(jié)構(gòu)中。例如:Blood from the wound had caked on his face.傷口的血在他臉上結(jié)成了硬塊。Her shoes were caked with mud.她的鞋上沾滿了泥。Snow was caked high along the streets.街道旁積著高高的雪堆。
