Word · Frequency #16496
cupcake
纸杯蛋糕；杯形蛋糕
small cake baked in a muffin tin
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A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
一种小蛋糕,通常用杯状纸容器烘烤,顶部常有糖霜。
一种小蛋糕,通常用杯状纸容器烘烤,顶部常有糖霜。；杯形蛋糕
In use
I brought a chocolate cupcake to the office party.
She decorated each cupcake with pink frosting.
The bakery sells cupcakes in many flavors.
a cupcake
cupcake 是可数名词，单数前通常用 a/an、the、this 等限定词。
She bought a cupcake at the bakery.
她在面包店买了一个杯形蛋糕。
cupcakes
cupcakes 是复数形式；泛指时直接用复数，不加冠词。
Cupcakes are my favorite dessert.
杯形蛋糕是我最喜欢的甜点。
Common mistakes
I like cupcake.I like cupcakes.
cupcake 是可数名词，表示一类事物的泛指时要用复数 cupcakes，不能使用不带冠词的单数。
There are many cupcake on the table.There are many cupcakes on the table.
many 后接可数名词复数，cupcake 的复数形式是 cupcakes，原句用单数形式不正确。
I ate much cupcakes.I ate many cupcakes.
much 修饰不可数名词，而 cupcake 是可数名词，可数名词复数应用 many 修饰。
Connections
Collocations
- bake cupcakes
- 烤纸杯蛋糕
- We baked cupcakes for the school fair.我们为学校义卖会烤了纸杯蛋糕。
- cupcake liner
- 纸杯蛋糕纸托
- She put colorful cupcake liners into the muffin tin.她把彩色纸杯蛋糕纸托放进松饼烤盘里。
- vanilla cupcake
- 香草纸杯蛋糕
- The bakery sells vanilla cupcakes with pink frosting.这家面包店卖带粉色糖霜的香草纸杯蛋糕。
- frost a cupcake
- 给纸杯蛋糕裱花/涂糖霜
- He carefully frosted each cupcake with a swirl of buttercream.他小心地给每个纸杯蛋糕挤上一圈黄油奶油糖霜。
- cupcake batter
- 纸杯蛋糕面糊
- Spoon the cupcake batter into the prepared pan.把纸杯蛋糕面糊舀入准备好的烤盘。
- a dozen cupcakes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：cup（杯子）里装着cake（蛋糕），所以cupcake就是杯形蛋糕。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday conversation、baking、food packaging “cupcake” 是普通日常用语，不正式也不生僻，多用于口语、菜谱或食品相关场景。在正式书面语中较少出现，但并无特殊禁忌。
Grammar Note
cupcakes
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine /keɪk/ rhymes: cake, pancake, cheesecake, make, bake. 'cup' matches the /kʌp/ sound at the start of cupcake. Beware lookalikes like 'cupboard' (/ˈkʌbərd/) and 'cupid' (/ˈkjuːpɪd/), which share 'cup-' spelling but sound different.
Learn the forms together
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