Word · Frequency #27880
babas
兰姆糕
babas is the plural of baba.
a small cake leavened with yeast
- 1.
A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
一种浸有朗姆酒味糖浆的海绵蛋糕。
- 2.
A grandmother.
祖母。
- 3.
An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an Eastern European culture.
老妇人,尤指东欧文化中的传统老妇人。
- 4.
A father.
父亲。
- 5.
In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
在儿语中,常用来表示以b开头的各种词汇,如瓶子或毯子。
一种浸有朗姆酒味糖浆的海绵蛋糕。；祖母。；老妇人,尤指东欧文化中的传统老妇人。；父亲。；在儿语中,常用来表示以b开头的各种词汇,如瓶子或毯子。
In use
The bakery sells a sweet baba with rum syrup.
She baked a baba for the afternoon tea.
We bought two babas to share after dinner.
a baba
baba 是可数名词，指用酵母发酵的小蛋糕。
She bought a baba at the bakery.
她在面包店买了一个兰姆糕。
babas
复数形式为 babas，直接加 -s。
The tray was full of babas.
托盘上放满了兰姆糕。
Common mistakes
My baba is a doctor.My dad is a doctor.
这是受汉语“爸爸”(bàba) 影响造成的误用：英语 baba 是“兰姆糕”（一种酵母小蛋糕），没有“父亲”的意思。要表达“爸爸”须用 dad 或 father，所以应说 My dad is a doctor。
Connections
Collocations
- rum baba
- 朗姆酒蛋糕
- For dessert, she chose a rum baba with whipped cream.甜点她选了一个带奶油的朗姆酒蛋糕。
- baba mold
- 朗姆糕模具
- She poured the batter into the baba molds.她把面糊倒进朗姆糕模具里。
- baba dough
- 朗姆糕面团
- The baba dough is enriched with butter and eggs.朗姆糕面团中加入了黄油和鸡蛋。
Confusing words
Word family
Learner notes
Memory Tip
“baba”读起来像“爸爸”，想象爸爸端着刚出炉的兰姆糕，酵母香气扑鼻。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：烘焙食谱、甜品菜单、美食专栏 该词为糕点类标准用语，通常出现在食谱、菜单或食品介绍中，语气中性偏正式，口语中较少单独使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No word rhymes exactly with baba /ˈbɑːbə/. These words contain the -ba spelling but sound different: banana /bəˈnɑːnə/, baby /ˈbeɪbi/, baboon /bəˈbuːn/, tuba /ˈtuːbə/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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