n. 蛋糕;块状物;利益总额
vt. 使结块
vi. 结成块状
n. (Cake)人名;(英)凯克;(塞)察凯
cake 蛋糕
来自PIE *gog,圆块,块状,词源同cog, cudgel.原指圆块状的物体或块状面包,而非现在所理解的蛋糕。与cook同词源性已被否定。
What man, I trow ye raue, Wolde ye bothe eate your cake and haue your cake? ["The Proverbs & Epigrams of John Heywood," 1562]Originally (until early 15c.) "a flat, round loaf of bread." Piece of cake "something easy" is from 1936. The let them eat cake story is found in Rousseau's "Confessions," in reference to an incident c. 1740, long before Marie Antoinette, though it has been associated with her since c. 1870; it apparently was a chestnut in the French royal family that had been told of other princesses and queens before her.