1 [C,U] a sweet food made by mixing flour, eggs, butter, sugar, etc together and baking the mixture in the oven 蛋糕:
to make/bake a cake做╱烤蛋糕a wedding cake结婚蛋糕a piece/slice of birthday cake一块生日蛋糕Would you like some more cake?还要点蛋糕吗?
2 [C] a mixture of other food, cooked in a round, flat shape 饼状食物:
fish/potato cakes煎鱼饼;马铃薯饼
have your cake and eat it to enjoy the advantages of sth without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available 只占便宜而不吃亏;两者兼得:
You can't go out every night and pass your exams. You can't have your cake and eat it.你又要每晚外出,又要考试及格,天下哪有鱼与熊掌兼得的事。a piece of cake→PIECE¹
cake²
/keɪk ||; kek/verb
[T] (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) cake sth (in/with sth) to cover sth thickly with a substance that becomes hard when it dries 干后变硬的物质厚厚地覆盖在某物之上:
boots caked in mud沾满泥块的靴子