单词 | a piece of cake |
释义 | cake /kāk/noun
To form into a cake or hard mass ORIGIN: ON kaka cākˈing noun and adjective cākˈy or cakˈey adjective cake hole noun (slang) Mouth cakeˈwalk noun
intransitive verb
caking coal noun A bituminous coal that fuses into a mass in burning a piece of cake (informal) Something very easy to do cakes and ale Vaguely, all the good things of life go or sell like hot cakes see under hot1 have one's cake and eat it or eat one's cake and have it To have the advantage of both alternatives his cake is dough His hope has failed take the cake (slang)
piece /pēs/noun
To have a between-meal snack (US sl) combining formConsisting of a given number of separate parts, pieces, members, etc, as in three-piece suite ORIGIN: OFr piece, from LL pecia, petium a fragment, a piece of land (thought to be of Celtic (Brythonic) origin); cf patch1, peat2, petty, and Pit- in place names pieceˈless adjective Not made of pieces pieceˈmeal adverb
To dismember piecˈen transitive verb (dialect) To join (esp broken threads in spinning) piecˈener or piecˈer noun A person who is employed in a spinning-factory to join broken threads piece goods plural noun Textile fabrics made in standard lengths piece rate noun A fixed rate paid according to the amount of work done pieceˈwork noun Work paid for by the piece or quantity, not by time pieceˈworker noun all to pieces or to pieces
a piece Each a piece of
a piece of cake see under cake a piece of one's mind A frank outspoken reprimand a piece of piss see under piss go to pieces
in pieces In, or to, a broken-up state of a piece
piece of eight see under eight piece of goods (dialect; derogatory) A woman piece of work
piece out To eke out piece together To put together bit by bit piece up
say one's piece To contribute one's opinion the piece (Scot) Apiece to pieces see all to pieces above. |
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