caken. cake of roses: rose petals pressed into a cake for theperfume玫瑰香餅。
△Rom.5.1.47:“old cakes of ro-ses”，幾塊陳年的玫瑰香餅。
cakes and ale: traditional food and drink for churchholidays and festivals,which were the occasion ofmuch merry-making and so were condemned by Puri-tans. 糕餅和啤酒— —代表在宗教節(jié)慶日的傳統(tǒng)飲食：（轉(zhuǎn)義）飲酒作樂，(凡此皆為當時清教徒所反對。)
△Tw.2.3.124(114): “Dost thou think because thou art virtuous,there shall be no more cakes and ale?”(Malvolio is apuritan and so would naturally dislike them. Sir Tobyintends to say that merry-making will continue inspite of people like Malvolio.)你以為你自己道德高尚，便不許別人飲酒作樂了嗎？ (按：馬伏里奧為清教徒，故托比爵士有此反譏。) cake[keik]n. 餅，蛋糕，塊，塊狀物，鋼錠 v.結(jié)成塊，黏結(jié)
◇ cake and ale 歡樂
have one’s cake and eat it兩者同時兼得
sell like hot cakes 銷售很旺
take the cake 最糟糕，得獎，獲勝
‖ cakey[?keiki]adj. 凝固的
caking n. 燒結(jié)（烤），曬干，烤干
caked adj. 壓成餅狀的，壓扁的
cake-walk[?keikw?:k]adj.步態(tài)舞蹈，跳步態(tài)舞
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