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单词 pancake
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Definition of pancake in English:

pancake

noun ˈpankeɪkˈpænˌkeɪk
  • 1A thin, flat cake of batter, fried on both sides in a pan and typically rolled up with a sweet or savoury filling.

    薄烤饼,薄煎饼

    crispy pancakes filled with cheese
    as modifier pancake batter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For dessert the choice is limited to pancakes, creme caramel or fruit salad.
    • Repeat with the remaining batter to form 36 pancakes and reserve.
    • Those that wisely left room for dessert can sample the variety of delicious ice cream cakes, or choose a pancake with a sweet filling of their choice.
    • Make individual pizzas for dinner, ice cream or yogurt sundaes for dessert and pancakes for breakfast.
    • The simplest way to make pancakes is still a favourite - a basic pancake batter made with three ingredients flour, eggs and milk.
    • It gets to half past ten and we want to go to bed so we have takeaways - often Chinese crispy duck pancakes.
    • The desserts were all freshly made pancakes with ice-cream and toppings.
    • Swirl them into creamy yoghurt fools, or strew them over pancakes, waffles and French toast.
    • We love pancakes, French toast, bacon and maple syrup.
    • If you are treating yourself or a loved one to that most indulgent of all transatlantic breakfasts, pancakes and crispy fried bacon, then Sémillon is the final touch.
    • At the cabin, breakfast takes center stage - always bacon or sausage, waffles or pancakes, and eggs.
    • Then, he says, slice some bananas on to the pancake and cover with toffee sauce.
    • The table was filled with pancakes, sausages, steaks, biscuits, gravy, hash browns, toast, etc.
    • Repeat with the remaining batter, until you have about 6-8 nice pancakes, making sure to lightly brush the pan in between with more oil.
    • The usual suspects are on parade for dessert, with a line-up including pancakes, ice-cream, fruit salad and banana flambé.
    • The savoury pancake option, rolled with ham, gherkin, and mayonnaise, was also sampled without complaint.
    • The pancake batter is the nice homely type we all know and love.
    • I cook risotto and cakes, puddings and pancakes.
    • Tortillas, made of cornmeal rolled into thin pancakes, are the staple diet of Hondurans.
    • His vegetable plate, anchored by a pea pancake, white-bean-and-spring-green strudel, and stuffed onion, is the best in town.
    Synonyms
    crêpe, drop scone, galette, waffle, griddle cake, batter cake, flannel cake
    North American flapjack, slapjack
    Russian blini
    Mexican tortilla, tostada
    Indian chapatti, dosa
    Jewish latke, blintze
  • 2mass noun Make-up consisting of a flat solid layer of compressed powder, used especially in the theatre.

    (剧院里广泛使用的化妆用的)湿粉饼

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her face creased with worry, exaggerated by the layer of pancake that hid the black eye she'd landed herself with.
    • There was a time when a bottle of hair dye, pancake make-up, a toupee and a darkly lighted room was about the best effort we could make.
    • Make-up is not about applying of pancake, dabbing rouge and lipstick.
    • His photograph depicts an androgynous figure (perhaps the artist), eyes shut, wearing white pancake make-up and draped in the American flag.
    • As a courtesy to the viewers, put several layers of heavy pancake make-up on.
    • It suggested couch potato culture, where pancake make-up and glitz trump substance.
    • Somehow the sight of five very masculine black men in heavy pancake did not diminish the fact that this was still a guys' movie.
    • Apply layers of pancake make-up, in the style of kabuki theatre.
    • It is notable for her freckles, which were normally hidden from filmgoers under a layer of pancake make-up.
    • The bright young American housewife with her determined smile and crisp clothes had vanished along with the pancake make-up, the school - mistressy bun and fake cheerfulness.
    Synonyms
    cosmetics, greasepaint
verb ˈpankeɪkˈpænˌkeɪk
  • 1(with reference to an aircraft) make or cause to make a pancake landing.

    (飞机)平坠降落

    no object the plane landed, pancaking down on the runway
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pilot reported that he used his remaining airspeed to get over a seawall, stalled the airplane, and pancaked onto the runway.
    • Bounce the plane on one landing gear back into the air and pancake it onto the parallel runway.
    • In that case the pilot pulled a low altitude loop and pancaked, but he was able to eject in time.
  • 2informal Flatten or become flattened.

    〈非正式〉使平展;把…压平;变平

    with object Hurley's car was pancaked

    赫尔利的车被压扁了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then the second building started pancaking down.
    • Looking past the driver, I watched as the North Tower came straight down, floor upon floor pancaking, the giant transmission tower settling into the dust.
    • The whole building is constructed to pancake rather than spill everywhere.
    • Many apartment blocks simply pancaked; successive floors collapsing to form a pile of concrete slabs beneath which opportunities for survival were minimal.
    • Fire department chiefs and commanders with years of experience in structural firefighting and collapse had no clue that both towers would soon be pancaking down.
    • We changed the air conditioning system, which was huge and ugly, pancaking the ducts to get more space.
    • It was essential, of course, that with each hop the gentleman's foot should land on the very top of a hat, thus pancaking said head-wear into a state of oblivion.
    • There are closed shops, crumbling apartment blocks and empty offices and schools, many pancaked from bombardment and pock-marked with bullet and shrapnel holes.
    • Then at 9: 50, the south tower suddenly began to collapse, one floor pancaking the one below.
    • He said: ‘When we got there it was literally pancaked, crushed right down to the bottom of the windows.’
    • Part of the roof of Leichenkeller 1 is intact, although it has pancaked down on to the floor.
    • Thousands streamed back last week to find entire areas flattened and their houses pancaked and pulverised.
    • There's just a series of about, must be 20 layers of concrete that have all just pancaked onto each other and you can see carpets and light shades and bits of clothing sticking out of it.

Phrases

  • (as) flat as a pancake

    • Completely flat.

      完全扁平的;非常平的

      the land's as flat as a pancake
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Swindon has hills and the nearby Cotswolds and Marlborough Downs, while Cambridge is flat as a pancake.
      • Here on the east coast of the USA, the coast is flat as a pancake.
      • Stay away from gels, pomades and waxes that will leave your strands flat as a pancake.
      • A full 45 minutes' worth would crush you flat as a pancake.
      • The second set was as flat as a pancake for the first few games.
      • Being as how the fens are flat as a pancake, and the cathedral is a very big building on top of a medium-sized hill, it's pretty visible.
      • Without it, the show would be as flat as a pancake.
      • Britain's urban house market may be flat as a pancake, but out in the smarter shires, it's a tale of two very different sorts of properties.
      • Activity in the biggest eurozone economies remains as flat as a pancake.
      • Secured with collar and leash, he lay outside, flat as a pancake, four legs outstretched against a new element for him - sand - and under a stranger, more fearsome element - sky.
      Synonyms
      flat, smooth, uniform, featureless, unbroken, undamaged, unwrinkled

Origin

Late Middle English: from pan1 + cake.

Definition of pancake in US English:

pancake

nounˈpænˌkeɪkˈpanˌkāk
  • 1A thin, flat cake of batter, usually fried and turned in a pan. Pancakes are usually eaten with syrup or rolled up with a filling.

    薄烤饼,薄煎饼

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The table was filled with pancakes, sausages, steaks, biscuits, gravy, hash browns, toast, etc.
    • The desserts were all freshly made pancakes with ice-cream and toppings.
    • The simplest way to make pancakes is still a favourite - a basic pancake batter made with three ingredients flour, eggs and milk.
    • Swirl them into creamy yoghurt fools, or strew them over pancakes, waffles and French toast.
    • For dessert the choice is limited to pancakes, creme caramel or fruit salad.
    • His vegetable plate, anchored by a pea pancake, white-bean-and-spring-green strudel, and stuffed onion, is the best in town.
    • Repeat with the remaining batter, until you have about 6-8 nice pancakes, making sure to lightly brush the pan in between with more oil.
    • The usual suspects are on parade for dessert, with a line-up including pancakes, ice-cream, fruit salad and banana flambé.
    • We love pancakes, French toast, bacon and maple syrup.
    • Make individual pizzas for dinner, ice cream or yogurt sundaes for dessert and pancakes for breakfast.
    • The savoury pancake option, rolled with ham, gherkin, and mayonnaise, was also sampled without complaint.
    • I cook risotto and cakes, puddings and pancakes.
    • The pancake batter is the nice homely type we all know and love.
    • If you are treating yourself or a loved one to that most indulgent of all transatlantic breakfasts, pancakes and crispy fried bacon, then Sémillon is the final touch.
    • Tortillas, made of cornmeal rolled into thin pancakes, are the staple diet of Hondurans.
    • At the cabin, breakfast takes center stage - always bacon or sausage, waffles or pancakes, and eggs.
    • It gets to half past ten and we want to go to bed so we have takeaways - often Chinese crispy duck pancakes.
    • Those that wisely left room for dessert can sample the variety of delicious ice cream cakes, or choose a pancake with a sweet filling of their choice.
    • Repeat with the remaining batter to form 36 pancakes and reserve.
    • Then, he says, slice some bananas on to the pancake and cover with toffee sauce.
    Synonyms
    crêpe, drop scone, galette, waffle, griddle cake, batter cake, flannel cake
    1. 1.1 Makeup consisting of a flat solid layer of compressed powder, widely used in the theater.
      (剧院里广泛使用的化妆用的)湿粉饼
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Make-up is not about applying of pancake, dabbing rouge and lipstick.
      • Her face creased with worry, exaggerated by the layer of pancake that hid the black eye she'd landed herself with.
      • As a courtesy to the viewers, put several layers of heavy pancake make-up on.
      • Somehow the sight of five very masculine black men in heavy pancake did not diminish the fact that this was still a guys' movie.
      • His photograph depicts an androgynous figure (perhaps the artist), eyes shut, wearing white pancake make-up and draped in the American flag.
      • It is notable for her freckles, which were normally hidden from filmgoers under a layer of pancake make-up.
      • Apply layers of pancake make-up, in the style of kabuki theatre.
      • There was a time when a bottle of hair dye, pancake make-up, a toupee and a darkly lighted room was about the best effort we could make.
      • The bright young American housewife with her determined smile and crisp clothes had vanished along with the pancake make-up, the school - mistressy bun and fake cheerfulness.
      • It suggested couch potato culture, where pancake make-up and glitz trump substance.
      Synonyms
      cosmetics, greasepaint
verbˈpænˌkeɪkˈpanˌkāk
  • 1with object (with reference to an aircraft) make or cause to make a pancake landing.

    (飞机)平坠降落

    he pancaked it in about twenty meters

    他在约20米内驾机平坠降落。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bounce the plane on one landing gear back into the air and pancake it onto the parallel runway.
    • In that case the pilot pulled a low altitude loop and pancaked, but he was able to eject in time.
    • The pilot reported that he used his remaining airspeed to get over a seawall, stalled the airplane, and pancaked onto the runway.
  • 2informal Flatten or become flattened.

    〈非正式〉使平展;把…压平;变平

    no object the hotel had pancaked into a heap of concrete
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are closed shops, crumbling apartment blocks and empty offices and schools, many pancaked from bombardment and pock-marked with bullet and shrapnel holes.
    • It was essential, of course, that with each hop the gentleman's foot should land on the very top of a hat, thus pancaking said head-wear into a state of oblivion.
    • Many apartment blocks simply pancaked; successive floors collapsing to form a pile of concrete slabs beneath which opportunities for survival were minimal.
    • He said: ‘When we got there it was literally pancaked, crushed right down to the bottom of the windows.’
    • Thousands streamed back last week to find entire areas flattened and their houses pancaked and pulverised.
    • We changed the air conditioning system, which was huge and ugly, pancaking the ducts to get more space.
    • Then at 9: 50, the south tower suddenly began to collapse, one floor pancaking the one below.
    • Part of the roof of Leichenkeller 1 is intact, although it has pancaked down on to the floor.
    • Fire department chiefs and commanders with years of experience in structural firefighting and collapse had no clue that both towers would soon be pancaking down.
    • The whole building is constructed to pancake rather than spill everywhere.
    • Looking past the driver, I watched as the North Tower came straight down, floor upon floor pancaking, the giant transmission tower settling into the dust.
    • There's just a series of about, must be 20 layers of concrete that have all just pancaked onto each other and you can see carpets and light shades and bits of clothing sticking out of it.
    • Then the second building started pancaking down.

Phrases

  • (as) flat as a pancake

    • Completely flat.

      完全扁平的;非常平的

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The second set was as flat as a pancake for the first few games.
      • Swindon has hills and the nearby Cotswolds and Marlborough Downs, while Cambridge is flat as a pancake.
      • Here on the east coast of the USA, the coast is flat as a pancake.
      • Being as how the fens are flat as a pancake, and the cathedral is a very big building on top of a medium-sized hill, it's pretty visible.
      • A full 45 minutes' worth would crush you flat as a pancake.
      • Stay away from gels, pomades and waxes that will leave your strands flat as a pancake.
      • Without it, the show would be as flat as a pancake.
      • Secured with collar and leash, he lay outside, flat as a pancake, four legs outstretched against a new element for him - sand - and under a stranger, more fearsome element - sky.
      • Activity in the biggest eurozone economies remains as flat as a pancake.
      • Britain's urban house market may be flat as a pancake, but out in the smarter shires, it's a tale of two very different sorts of properties.
      Synonyms
      flat, smooth, uniform, featureless, unbroken, undamaged, unwrinkled

Origin

Late Middle English: from pan + cake.

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