bake

bake — 動詞

1. to make food ready by heating it in an oven, not in water or oil

1.動詞及物 / 不及物A2
釋義

烤；烘焙

放進烤箱加熱煮熟食物

to make food ready by heating it in an oven, not in water or oil

例句

Nina baked two potatoes while her brother washed the salad leaves.

Nina 烤了兩顆馬鈴薯時，她哥哥正在洗沙拉葉。

bake + food object

The bread is baking now, so the kitchen smells warm.

麵包現在正在烤，廚房裡聞起來暖暖香香的。

progressive: bread is baking

同義詞
  • cook

    a broader word that covers many methods, not only oven cooking

  • roast

    often used for meat or vegetables, especially when the outside browns

  • oven-cook

    explicitly states the food is cooked in an oven

反義詞
  • boil

    uses water or another liquid instead of dry oven heat

  • fry

    uses hot oil or fat instead of oven heat

文法句型

bake a cake

bake potatoes

bread is baking

cookies bake quickly

用法筆記

Only sense normally used with food names such as bread, potatoes, or cake. When clay or bricks become hard from heat, use sense 2; when people or places are uncomfortably hot, use sense 3.

常見錯誤

❌I baked the noodles in water.
✅I boiled the noodles in water.
💡bake is for oven heat, not cooking in water.

2. to make mud, clay, bricks, or similar material turn hard through strong heat

2.動詞及物 / 不及物
釋義

烘硬；燒硬

把泥土等加熱到變硬

to make mud, clay, bricks, or similar material turn hard through strong heat

例句

Workers baked the clay pots in a brick oven all night.

工人們把那些陶土鍋放進磚窯裡燒製了一整夜。

bake + clay object

Hot fires baked the new bricks before the builders loaded them.

熊熊火勢先把新磚燒硬，工人才把它們搬走。

bake bricks

同義詞
  • harden

    broader and does not necessarily involve heat

  • fire

    common in pottery and brick contexts for heating material until it sets

  • dry

    can remove water, but does not always mean the material is hardened by strong heat

反義詞
  • soften

    means become less hard instead of setting firm

文法句型

bake clay hard

bake bricks

the bowl baked hard

用法筆記

Object is usually clay, mud, earth, brick, or pottery, and the result is that it turns hard. Distinguish from sense 1, where the thing being baked is food.

3. to feel or grow extremely hot, especially under strong sun or in a closed place

3.動詞不及物
釋義

熱得發燙

在烈日或熱氣下變得很熱

to feel or grow extremely hot, especially under strong sun or in a closed place

例句

We baked on the beach until the ice in our drinks melted.

我們在海灘上熱得發燙，直到飲料裡的冰都融化了。

bake in the sun

The car was baking in the parking lot by noon.

那輛車到中午時停在停車場裡已經熱得發燙。

progressive: was baking

同義詞
  • swelter

    stronger and often suggests heat that feels hard to bear

  • roast

    informal and often used for people feeling extremely hot

  • overheat

    focuses more on becoming too hot, especially for machines or rooms

反義詞
  • cool

    means become less hot

  • chill

    suggests becoming pleasantly or uncomfortably cold

文法句型

bake in the sun

the car was baking

bake all afternoon

用法筆記

Common with place phrases such as in the sun, in the car, or upstairs, and often used for people, rooms, or cars. Distinguish from sense 1, where bake is about cooking.

bake — 名詞