英语词汇“cake”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

cake

释义

cake

Theme: MONEY

n. money.

I can't scrape together enough cake to do the job.I don't have cake in my pocket, in the bank, or under my mattress. What am I going to do?

cake

1. adjective

easy US, 1968.

homosexual. Clipped from FRUITCAKE (a homosexual man) UK, 2001

2. noun

a beautiful girl or young woman US, 1941.

the female breast US, 1957.

the vagina US, 1967.

bread TRISTAN DA CUNHA, 2000.

a meal provided as compensation in addition to wages US, 1973.

money; a good deal of money. Extends, perhaps, from BREAD (money) but 'cake' has traditionally been associated with wealth. 'Qu'il mangent de la brioche' – 'Let them eat cake', attributed to Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755–93) on being told that her people had no bread US, 1965.

marijuana resin UK, 2001.

a round disc of crack cocaine US, 1994.

a rural person. Derogatory IRELAND, 1991.► get your caketo date your girlfriend US, 2001.► off your cakeconfused, drug-intoxicated. The latter meaning gained dates from the late C20 and the distinction between the two senses may be blurred UK, 2000

idiomcake► be a piece of cake► a slice/share of the cakesth takes the cake AmEAmEused in order to say that something is the most surprising or annoying thing you have heard:Of all the crazy questions you've ever asked me, that one takes the cake.I've heard of people using some outrageous tactics in animal rights campaigns, but this one really takes the cake!BrE = sth takes the biscuit

Note This idiom comes from a custom used in some cultures, such as the Irish-American and African-American, of giving a cake as a prize for a competition.

you can't have your cake and eat it too(also you can't have your cake and eat it BrE)used in order to say that you cannot have the advantages of a particular situation without experiencing the bad effects of it also:I wish I could enjoy the kids' company without having to clean up after them, but you can't have your cake and eat it too.We cannot have our cake and eat it. There is no way to exploit the earth's resources and at the same time preserve the environment.sb wants/tries to have their cake and eat it (too): Some MPs are trying to have their cake and eat it - they want to receive a full-time parliamentary salary and be free to do other work as well.

cake

1. n. money. (From bread, dough.) I can’t scrape together enough cake to do the job.

2. Go to cakes.

See:

(one's) cake is dough
a piece of cake
a share/slice of the cake
a slice of the cake
babycakes
be a piece of cake
beefcake
cake
cake (someone or something) with (something)
cake hole
cake with
cakes
cakes and ale
cakewalk
cheesecake
eat one's cake and have it (too)
eat one's cake and have it, too
eat one's cake and have it, too, to
flat as a pancake
frosting/icing on the cake, the
fruitcake
go bitchcakes
go like hot cakes
have (one's) cake and eat it (too)
have cake and eat it too
have your cake and eat it
honeycakes
icing on the cake
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake
Let them eat cake
like hot cakes, go
like piffy on a rock cake
nutty as a fruitcake
piece of cake
piece of cake, it's a
sell like hot cakes
sell like hot cakes, to
sell/go like hot cakes
Shut your cake hole!
sit like piffy on a rock cake
slice of the cake
slice of the pie
take the cake
take the cake, to
that takes the cake
That takes the cake!
the cake is a lie
the cherry on the cake
the frosting on the cake
the icing on the cake
wedding cake
whoopie cakes
word hole
yellow cake
You cannot have your cake and eat it
you can't have your cake and eat it

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