cake
gb/kˈeɪk/ us/kˈeɪk/
A1
อังกฤษ
~ 2400
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A1
entity
1
sweet baked dessert
A sweet food made by baking flour, sugar, and eggs together.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] eats/makes/buys [a cake]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'cake' with 'bread' or 'pie'. Remember that cake is usually sweet and soft.
คำพ้องความหมาย
pastry (A general term for baked goods, but not always sweet or cake-like.)
คำตรงข้าม
bread (Bread is baked but not sweet and has a different texture and purpose.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
birthday cake
|chocolate cake
|slice of cake
|bake a cake
|wedding cake
หัวข้อ
food
|daily life
|celebrations
|food_drink
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- She baked a chocolate cake for his birthday.
- We ordered a large wedding cake with three tiers.
- I had a slice of carrot cake with my coffee.
- The bakery sells cakes in many flavors.
- He decorated the cake with fresh strawberries.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I like chocolate cake.
- My mother made a cake.
- The cake is on the table.
- We eat cake at parties.
- This is a big cake.
คำกริยา
B2
action
2
to cover in a hard layer
To form or be covered with a hard or thick layer of something.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[something] cakes [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse this verb with 'bake'. 'Cake' here refers to sticking or hardening, not cooking.
คำพ้องความหมาย
encrust (More formal and technical; often used for natural or mineral crusts.)
คำตรงข้าม
clean (To remove all dirt or hardened material from a surface.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
mud caked on boots
|caked with dirt
|blood caked on skin
หัวข้อ
nature
|cleaning
|daily_life
|science
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Mud caked his boots after the hike.
- Her hands were caked with flour from baking.
- Snow caked the roof overnight.
- Blood had caked on the bandage.
- Dust caked the old furniture.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- Mud caked my shoes.
- Her face was caked with makeup.
- The car was caked with snow.
- Flour caked my hands.
- Dirt caked the floor.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
cake
IPA
GB/kˈeɪk/
US/kˈeɪk/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
cake (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (cake)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: cake
- Plural: cake, cakes
Verb
- Base: cake
- 3rd Person Singular: cakes
- Present Participle: caking
- Past: caked
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
cakes
noun
caking
verb
caked
verb
Core family
cupcake
noun
pancake
noun A2
Related words
cheesecake
noun
Advanced or less common
cakey
adjective
วลีและสำนวน
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.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- I've seen many rude people, but you take the cake!
- That excuse really takes the cake.