hot cakes大家一见是不是立马以为是“热蛋糕”呢，其实，hot cakes与热蛋糕的意思真的是隔了三万英尺的距离，它含义为：非常抢手;非常畅销;热销的东西If things are selling like hot cakes, a lot of people are buying them.

Books on the Royal Family are selling like hot cakes.

有关皇室的书卖得正火。

go/sell like hot cakes

畅销

cake n.

糕饼;蛋糕;饼状食物;饼

v.

(用厚厚一层干后即变硬的软东西)覆盖;(干后)结成硬块;胶凝

a piece/slice of cake

一块 / 一片蛋糕

There was only one piece of cake, but we cut it in two.

只有一块蛋糕，但我们把它切成两半儿。

注意：a piece of cake 还可以表达：易如反掌的事， 轻而易举的事；举手之劳，小事一桩，小菜一碟（只很容易办到的事情）：

Getting rid of him will be a piece of cake

摆脱掉他就是小事一桩。

Just another surveillance job, old chap. Piece of cake to somebody like you.

老伙计，只不过又是一份盯梢的活。对你这样的人来说还不是小菜一碟。

Don't think this job a piece of cake. You'll have to rack your brains once you start on it.

别以为这工作是易如反掌的事，你做了就知道它是很伤脑筋的。

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The third goal was the icing on the cake.

第三粒进球是锦上添花。

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the icing on the cake 锦上添花之物= the frosting on the cake

（蛋糕上的糖霜寓意为锦上添花）

She spread the icing over the cake, dabbing it with a knife

她把糖霜浇在蛋糕上面，并用刀子轻轻涂抹开。

Helen sliced the cake

海伦把蛋糕切成片。

make/bake a cake

做 / 烘烤蛋糕

a chocolate cake

巧克力蛋糕

They joked and drank coffee and filled themselves with chocolate cake.

他们开着玩笑，喝着咖啡，尽情地吃着巧克力蛋糕。

a birthday cake

生日蛋糕

potato cakes

土豆饼