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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。
纸杯蛋糕；杯形蛋糕
cupcakes — plural of cupcake
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
纸杯蛋糕；杯形蛋糕
small cake baked in a muffin tin
She bought a cupcake at the bakery.
她在面包店买了一个杯形蛋糕。
一种小蛋糕,通常用杯状纸容器烘烤,顶部常有糖霜。
A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
I brought a chocolate cupcake to the office party.
我带了一个巧克力纸杯蛋糕去办公室聚会。
She decorated each cupcake with pink frosting.
她给每个纸杯蛋糕都装饰了粉色糖霜。
The bakery sells cupcakes in many flavors.
这家面包店出售多种口味的纸杯蛋糕。
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 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。
Not this
I like cupcake.
Use this
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。
Not this
There are many cupcake on the table.
Use this
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。
Not this
I ate much cupcakes.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
一打纸杯蛋糕
I ordered a dozen cupcakes for the party.
我为聚会订了一打纸杯蛋糕。
我不是纸杯蛋糕，我是麦芬。
In the movie Pitch Perfect, Fat Amy says, 'I'm not a cupcake, I'm a muffin.'
在电影《完美音调》中，胖艾米说：“我不是纸杯蛋糕，我是麦芬。”
Use cupcakes naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记法：cup（杯子）里装着cake（蛋糕），所以cupcake就是杯形蛋糕。
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。
cupcakes
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