| 单词 | sad cake |
| 释义 | > as lemmassad cake sad cake n. British and U.S. regional a name given to various types of flat or unleavened cake (cf. sense A. 8f). ΚΠ 1855 R. C. Trench Eng. Past & Present 103 When unleavened cakes are called ‘sad cakes’, as in parts of America they are, it is evident that ‘sad’ is used in its original sense of unmoved. 1857 J. Sullivan Cumberland & Westmorland 80 Sad, heavy, thick; ‘sad cake’, when not made with yeast. 1889 J. Nicholson Folk-speech E. Yorks. 79 Sad keeaks and dip form a favourite breakfast. 1947 Amer. Speech 22 73 If you jar the stove, you'll have sad cake. 1976 J. Poulson More Old Lancs. Recipes 26/1 Lumb in Rossendale was known as ‘Sad Cake Land’ because this simple pastry cake was so popular there. 1987 E. Kytle Voices of Robby Wilde 32 Sometimes she'd put in what she called ‘too much’ shortening and sugar and make a sad cake. 2006 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 14 May 4 She made..sad cake and lemon pies. < as lemmas |
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