單詞
cakewalk
英 ['ke?kw??k]
美['kek'w?k]
基本信息
- n. 步態競賽，一種步態舞；易如反掌之事
- vi. 舉行步態競賽
詞態變化
復數:?cakewalks;
英文詞源
- cakewalk (n.)
- 1863, American English, from cake (n.) + walk (n.), probably in reference to the cake given as a prize for the fanciest steps in a procession in a Southern black custom (explained by Thornton, 1912, as, "A walking competition among negroes," in which the prize cake goes to "the couple who put on most style"). Its figurative meaning of "something easy" (1863) is recorded before the literal one (1879). As a verb, from 1909. This may also be the source of the phrase to take the cake (1847).
雙語例句
- 1. Fittipaldi's victory was a cakewalk.
- 菲蒂帕爾迪的成功來得太容易了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him.
- 贏得錦標賽對他來說易如反掌.
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- 3. Invading iraq won't be a cakewalk.
- 侵入伊拉克絕非易事.
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- 4. After traveling to the poles and back, converting ounces to grams is a cakewalk.
- 在南北極轉了一圈又回來后, 再做盎司與克的換算就是小菜一碟兒啦.
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