piece of cake

短语

小菜一碟; 非常容易的事

发音

US /ˈpiːsə(v)ˈkeɪk/
AU /ˈpiːsə(v)ˈkeɪk/

词形变化

pieces of cake 复数 pieces of cake

别名

cake

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple.

    非常容易的事

    小菜一碟

    易如反掌

    小事一桩

    习语

    Sure, no problem. It'll be a piece of cake.

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, cake.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

snap picnic breeze cinch pushover child's play duck soup walkover

上位词 5

project task labor labour undertaking

下位词 1

doddle

词源

Attested since 1936, originally in American English. Possibly from cakewalk, or the notion of facility that derives from many cakes having agreeable tastes, and hence being ‘easy’ to consume. Compare French être du gâteau (literally “to be a cake”), être de la tarte (literally “to be a pie”), both meaning "to be easy, to be a piece of cake".

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