teacake
/tee-keyk/US // ˈtiˌkeɪk //UK // (ˈtiːˌkeɪk) //
茶饼,茶糕,茶蛋糕,茶杯
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a small cake, cookie, tart, or the like, for serving with tea or punch.
- : a light, flat, sweet cake with raisins, usually buttered and served hot with tea.
Examples
It dispenses all kinds of dreams—bad dreams, good dreams,short nightmares to stave off worse ones, recurring dreams with a teacake marshmallow center.
He fed me with little pieces of hot teacake and other dainties.
When I went to tell them tea was ready, and there was a teacake, Dora was crying like anything and Alice hugging her.
She had got a hot teacake for him, and she was a little hurt that he was dark and preoccupied as he consumed it.
He had always been such a boy for teacake, and then when one went out specially and got him one——!
I laughed, and asked whether our teacake was ready, and looked out of the window.
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