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| /keɪk/ |
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| 1 | C/U a sweet food made by baking a mixture that usually contains sugar , eggs, flour , and butter or oil 蛋糕 |
| a chocolate cake 巧克力蛋糕 |
| a birthday/wedding/Christmas cake 生日/结婚/圣诞蛋糕 |
| a piece/slice of cake Would you like a slice of cake? 你想要块蛋糕吗？ |
| make/bake a cake She was making a cake for Peter’ s birthday. 她在为彼得做生日蛋糕。 |
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| 2 | C a small amount of food formed into a flat round shape and cooked 饼；糕 |
| rice/potato cakes 年糕/土豆饼 |
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| 3 | C a small hard block of something , especially soap 硬块；（尤指）一块（肥皂） |
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| 4 | the cake used for talking about something that must be shared among several people or organizations, especially an amount of money （必须分配的）利益；（分享的）份额；（尤指）款额 |
| a slice of the cake They’ re worried that their slice of the cake is going to get smaller. 他们担心他们分到的份额会变小。 |
| divide/cut the cake They had to agree on ways of dividing the cake. 他们必须就分成方法达成一致意见。 |
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| - | have your cake and eat it
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| to have all the benefits of a situation when , in fact , having one thing means that you cannot have the other |
| 两者兼得 |
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| He wants to stay with his wife but still see his girlfriend – talk about having your cake and eating it! 他想和妻子呆在一起，但又想见女友，竟然想两者兼得！ |
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| - | let them eatcake
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| used for talking about the attitude of someone who really does not care about a group of people or does not understand their problems although they pretend to |
| 随他们去吧 |
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| - | a piece of cake informal
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| something that is very easy |
| 很容易的事 |
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| - | take the cake mainly AMERICAN
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| to be the worst , most shocking , or most annoying example of something . BRITISH usuallytake the biscuit |
| 坏到极点；糟透了 |
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