| 单词 | cake shop |
| 释义 | > as lemmascake shop cake shop n. a shop where cakes are made or sold; (sometimes) spec. (Guyana) a local general store selling sweets, soft drinks, groceries, etc., as well as cakes or other snacks. ΚΠ 1693 N. Staphorst tr. L. Rauwolf Trav. Eastern Countries i. viii, in J. Ray Coll. Curious Trav. I. 96 There is a great many Cake-shops kept in the Batzars, where all manner of Victuals are cleanly dressed. 1710–11 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 81 Boys and wenches buzzing about the cake-shops like flies. 1917 Bakers Rev. Feb. 19/2 The cake shop has..a Colborne pie roller and rimmer. 1963 C. Jayawardena Conflict & Solidarity in Guianese Plantation i. 5 Several less comprehensive shops known as ‘cake-shops’ which sell bottled drinks, sweets, snacks and tinned foods. 2002 O. Latsch tr. C. Funke Thief Lord (2010) 97 He skipped off toward the cake shop, which, a few steps away, filled the alley with its wonderful baking smells. 2019 www.stabroeknews.com (Guyana) 17 Sept. (online newspaper, accessed 28 Jan. 2020) The days of the common ‘cake shop’ and the somewhat more upscale community grocery are probably approaching an end. < as lemmas |
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