fruitcake

FREQ #19152

n. 掺有干果的糕饼

发音

US
UK /ˈfɹuːt.keɪk/

词形变化

fruitcakes 复数 fruitcakes

别名

fruit cake fruit-cake

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.

    干果蛋糕

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A crazy or eccentric person.

    非正式 可数 贬义 不可数
  3. 3.

    A homosexual male.

    美国 非正式 可数 过时 贬义 俚语 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

nut crank nutcase crackpot screwball

上位词 5

cake geek eccentric flake oddball

下位词 2

Christmas cake simnel

相关短语

nutty as a fruitcake

词源

Compound of fruit + cake. First attested in c. 1687. Sense 2, predated by nutty as a fruitcake, was first attested in c. 1952.

来源：wiktionary