with obj.
1
- cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven or on a hot surface烘; 焙; 烤：
they bake their own bread and cakes
他们自己烤制面包和蛋糕
as adj. baked baked apples.烤苹果。
1.1
- no obj.(of food) be cooked in such a way烘焙; 烤制（食品）：
the bread was baking on hot stones.
面包正在烫石上烘焙。
2
- (of the sun or other agency) subject (something) to dry heat, especially so as to harden it（太阳或其他力量）晒; 烘; 烤（尤指使硬化）。
2.1
- no obj. informal (of a person or place) be or become extremely hot in prolonged sun or hot weather〈非正式〉（人或地方长时间在太阳或炎热天气下）晒; 烘烤：
the city was baking in a heat wave.
全城都在热浪里烘烤着。
with modifier
1- a dish consisting of a number of ingredients mixed together and cooked in an oven烘焙食品：
a vegetable bake.
烘焙蔬菜。
1.1
- with modifier N. Amer. a social gathering at which food of a specified kind is eaten〈北美〉烤餐会：
lobster bakes.
龙虾烤餐会。
短语
bake blind
- 见BLIND.
词源
Old English bacan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bakken and German backen.