Twelfth cake

短语

n. 主显节糕饼

发音

US /ˈtwɛlfθ ˌkeɪk/
AU
UK /ˈtwɛlfθ ˌkeɪk/

词形变化

Twelfth cakes 复数 Twelfth cakes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth Night (which is either the evening of January 5th or of January 6th, depending on interpretation).

    Set the cake you intend to Ice in an oven or warm place five minutes, — then spread over the top and sides with the mixture as smooth as possible; — if for a Wedding Cake, only plain ice it; if for a Twelfth Cake, ornament it with Gum Paste, […]

    They had holidays, too, and Twelfth cakes, and parties where they danced all night till midnight, and real theatres where they saw palaces of gold and silver rise out of the real earth, and saw all the wonders of the world at once.