pancake

pancake
noun
  1. a thin, flat cake of batter, fried and turned in a pan and typically rolled up with a sweet or savoury filling
    薄烤饼,薄煎饼
    ■(亦作 pancake make-up)[mass noun]make-up consisting of a flat solid layer of compressed powder, widely used in the theatre
    (剧院里广泛使用的化妆用的)湿粉饼
verb
  1. [no obj.](of an aircraft) make a pancake landing
    (飞机)平坠降落
    ■[with obj.](of a pilot) cause (an aircraft) to make such a landing
    (飞行员)驾机平坠降落
    he pancaked it in about twenty metres.
    他在约20米内驾机平坠降落。
  2. (informal)flatten or become flattened
    (非正式)使平展;把…压平;变平
    [with obj.]Hurley's car was pancaked.
    赫尔利的车被压扁了。
常用词组
(as) flat as a pancake
  1. completely flat
    完全扁平的;非常平的
语源
  1. late Middle English: from pan + cake
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