cake
gb/kˈeɪk/ us/kˈeɪk/
A1
انگلیسی
~ 2400
torta, sütemény, vastagon borít, rákérgesedik, rászárad
اسم
A1
1
الگوی کاربرد:
[someone] eats/makes/buys [a cake]
She baked a chocolate cake for his birthday.
Sütött neki egy csokoládétortát a születésnapjára.
We ordered a large wedding cake with three tiers.
Rendeltünk egy nagy, háromemeletes esküvői tortát.
I had a slice of carrot cake with my coffee.
The bakery sells cakes in many flavors.
He decorated the cake with fresh strawberries.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
I like chocolate cake.
Szeretem a csokoládétortát.
My mother made a cake.
Anyukám sütött egy tortát.
The cake is on the table.
We eat cake at parties.
This is a big cake.
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'cake' with 'bread' or 'pie'. Remember that cake is usually sweet and soft.
معنی
sweet baked dessert
ترکیبهای رایج
birthday cake
|chocolate cake
|slice of cake
|bake a cake
|wedding cake
هممعنیها
pastry (A general term for baked goods, but not always sweet or cake-like.)
متضادها
bread (Bread is baked but not sweet and has a different texture and purpose.)
موضوعها
food
|daily life
|celebrations
|food_drink
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
A sweet food made by baking flour, sugar, and eggs together.
A sweet, usually soft food made from a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat, baked in an oven and often decorated.
فعل
B2
2
الگوی کاربرد:
[something] cakes [something]
Mud caked his boots after the hike.
A túra után vastagon rászáradt a sár a bakancsaira.
Her hands were caked with flour from baking.
A sütéstől vastag lisztréteg borította a kezét.
Snow caked the roof overnight.
Blood had caked on the bandage.
Dust caked the old furniture.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
Mud caked my shoes.
Vastagon rászáradt a sár a cipőmre.
Her face was caked with makeup.
Vastag sminkréteg borította az arcát.
The car was caked with snow.
Flour caked my hands.
Dirt caked the floor.
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may confuse this verb with 'bake'. 'Cake' here refers to sticking or hardening, not cooking.
معنی
to cover in a hard layer
ترکیبهای رایج
mud caked on boots
|caked with dirt
|blood caked on skin
هممعنیها
encrust (More formal and technical; often used for natural or mineral crusts.)
متضادها
clean (To remove all dirt or hardened material from a surface.)
موضوعها
nature
|cleaning
|daily_life
|science
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
To form or be covered with a hard or thick layer of something.
To cover or become covered with a thick or hardened layer of something.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
cake
IPA
GB/kˈeɪk/
US/kˈeɪk/
هجاها و تکیه
cake (۱ هجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (cake)
صورتهای واژه
Noun
- Base: cake
- Plural: cake, cakes
Verb
- Base: cake
- 3rd Person Singular: cakes
- Present Participle: caking
- Past: caked
خانوادهٔ واژه
Forms
cakes
noun
caking
verb
caked
verb
Core family
cupcake
noun
pancake
noun A2
Related words
cheesecake
noun
Advanced or less common
cakey
adjective
عبارتها
have your cake and eat it too
1/hˈæv jˈʊɹ kˈeɪk ˈænd ˈit ˈɪt tˈu/
idiom
informal
wanting two incompatible benefits
To want two good things that cannot both happen at the same time.
نمونهها
- You can't have your cake and eat it too—you must choose one option.
- He wants freedom and stability, but you can't have your cake and eat it too.
icing on the cake
1/ˈaɪsɪŋ ˈɔn ðə kˈeɪk/
idiom
extra good thing
Something that makes a good situation even better.
نمونهها
- Winning the championship was amazing, and the bonus prize was the icing on the cake.
- Her kind words were the icing on the cake after a great day.
piece of cake
1/pˈis əv kˈeɪk/
idiom
informal
something very easy to do
Something that is very easy to do.
نمونهها
- The exam was a piece of cake for her.
- Fixing the bike will be a piece of cake.
sell like hot cakes
1/sˈɛl lˈaɪk hˈɑt kˈeɪks/
idiom
informal
sell very quickly
To be sold quickly and in large numbers.
نمونهها
- The new phone is selling like hot cakes.
- Tickets for the concert sold like hot cakes.
take the cake
1/tˈeɪk ðə kˈeɪk/
idiom
informal
most extreme example (often bad)
To be the most extreme example of something, especially something bad or surprising.
نمونهها
- I've seen many rude people, but you take the cake!
- That excuse really takes the cake.