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  • noun
    plural cakes
    a sweet baked food made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and other ingredients (such as eggs and butter) [count]
    I made/baked three cakes for the party.
    He blew out the candles on his birthday cake.
    a wedding cake [noncount]
    a slice/piece of chocolate cake - often used before another noun
    (US) a cake pan = (Brit) a cake tin
    cake mix [=a combination of all the dry ingredients needed to make a cake]
    [count] :a mixture of food that has been shaped into a ball or a flat round shape and baked or fried
    crab/clam/rice cakes
    potato cakes - see also fish cake, pancake
    [count] :something that is shaped like a rectangular block
    a cake of soap = a soap cake
    [noncount] US informal :something that is very easy to do
    That test was cake. - see also piece of cake
    a slice of the cake
    Brit :a portion or share of something
    My business partner agreed to split the profits equally, but I know he wanted a bigger slice of the cake. [=piece/slice/share of the pie]
    have your cake and eat it too
    US or Brit have your cake and eat it
    to have or enjoy the good parts of something without having or dealing with the bad parts
    They seem to think they can have their cake and eat it too by having excellent schools for their son without paying high taxes.
    icing on the cake
    xem icing
    take the cake
    chiefly US :to win the prize in a contest - used to describe something that is extremely surprising, foolish, annoying, etc.
    You've done some silly things, but this one really takes the cake! [=(Brit) takes the biscuit] [=this is the silliest thing you have ever done]
    verb
    cakes; caked; caking
    [+ obj] :to cover something with an outer layer that becomes hard as it dries - usually used as (be) caked
    Mud was caked all over the sides of his truck. = The sides of his truck were caked [=covered] in/with mud.
    [no obj] :to become dry and hard
    The mud had caked on his boots.

    * Các từ tương tự:
    cakehole, cakewalk