1 to cook or be cooked in an oven in dry heat 烘;烤烘;烤:
I could smell bread baking in the oven.我闻得到烤炉里的烘面包味。On his birthday she baked him a cake.他生日那天,她为他烤了一个蛋糕。☞Look at the note at cook. 参看 cook 的注释。
2 to become or to make sth hard by heating it (使)因受热变硬;烘焙:
The hot sun baked the earth.烈日把土壤烤得又干又硬。