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a baker's dozen
Translationsbake (beik) verb1. to cook in an oven. I'm going to bake (bread) today; She baked the ham. 烘烤 烤，烘焙 2. to dry or harden by heat. The sun is baking the ground dry. 烤乾 烤干baked adjectivebaked ham; freshly baked bread. 烘烤的 烘烤的ˈbaker noun1. a person who bakes. He is a qualified baker; She is a good baker. 麵包師 面包师2. a baker's shop. 麵包店 面包店ˈbakery – plural ˈbakeries – noun a place where baking is done and / or where bread, cakes etc are sold. I bought some cakes at the bakery. 麵包店 面包房，面包店 ˈbaking noun the act or art of cooking bread, cakes etc. 烘焙(技術) 烘焙baking powder a powder used to make cakes etc rise. This sponge cake is very flat – you can't have used enough baking powder. 發粉 发酵粉a baker's dozen thirteen. 十三 十三a baker's dozen
a baker's dozenThirteen; one more than a usual dozen (12). When Jacob went to the bakery to buy doughnuts for the office, he made sure to get a baker's dozen so he could sneak one to eat on the way to work.See also: dozena baker's dozenthirteen. (Bakers often added an extra item to an order for a dozen.) We ended up with a baker's dozen each of socks and undershirts on our shopping trip.See also: dozenbaker's dozenThirteen, as in The new bagel store always gives you a baker's dozen. The origins of this term are disputed. One theory is that in times when bread was sold by weight, bakers who short-weighted their customers were heavily fined, and for safety's sake they would sell thirteen loaves for the price of twelve. Another theory is that dealers purchasing bread from bakers were allowed by law to receive thirteen loaves for the price of twelve, the thirteenth representing their cut of profit. [Late 1500s] See also: dozena baker's dozen OLD-FASHIONEDA baker's dozen of things is thirteen of them. To help you decide where to go, we've picked out a baker's dozen of top events between April and September. Note: Bakers in medieval England (= England between 1000 and 1500) had a bad reputation for cheating their customers by selling loaves of bread that were too light. After laws were introduced to fix the standard weight of loaves, bakers began to add a thirteenth loaf to each dozen to make sure they were not breaking the law. See also: dozena baker's dozen thirteen. This expression arose from the former bakers' practice of adding an extra loaf to a dozen sold to a retailer, this representing the latter's profit.See also: dozena baker’s ˈdozen (old-fashioned) thirteenThis phrase comes from bakers’ old custom of adding one extra loaf to an order of a dozen (= twelve).See also: dozenbaker's dozenThirteen. The source of this term is a law passed by the English Parliament in 1266, which specified exactly how much a loaf of bread should weigh and imposed a heavy penalty for short weight. To protect themselves, bakers would give their customers thirteen loaves instead of twelve, and in the sixteenth century this came to be called “a baker’s dozen.” See also: dozenEncyclopediaSeeBakeThesaurusSeebake |