top sth with frosting
She topped the cake with frosting.
她在蛋糕上加了糖霜。
糖霜；糖衣
霜；霜层；偷车（尤指趁车预热时）；一层霜；用于覆盖和装饰蛋糕的调味糖霜；趁无人看管时偷车,尤指冬天让引擎空转除霜时
一层霜
A layer of frost.
用于覆盖和装饰蛋糕的调味糖霜
a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
趁无人看管时偷车,尤指冬天让引擎空转除霜时
The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car.
She spread a thick layer of chocolate frosting on the birthday cake.
她在生日蛋糕上涂了厚厚的一层巧克力糖霜。
用法提示：句中 frosting 作名词，表示用于装饰蛋糕的糖霜。
To make the frosting, you need to beat butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract together.
制作糖霜需要将黄油、糖粉和香草精一起搅打。
用法提示：句中 frosting 作名词，指需要制作的糖霜。
The bakery offers cupcakes with various frostings, such as strawberry and cream cheese.
这家面包店提供各种糖霜的纸杯蛋糕，例如草莓味和奶油奶酪味。
用法提示：句中 frostings 是复数形式，表示多种糖霜。
She topped the cake with frosting.
她在蛋糕上加了糖霜。
The cupcake was covered with vanilla frosting.
杯子蛋糕上覆盖着香草糖霜。
注意：frosting 通常为不可数名词，但可用 a layer of 表示一份。
The cake has a thick layer of chocolate frosting.
蛋糕有一层厚厚的巧克力糖霜。
grammar · medium
易错句子I want a frosting on my cake.
正确表达I want some frosting on my cake.
Frosting 通常为不可数名词，表示一种物质，不直接加不定冠词 'a'。当表示‘一些’时可用 'some' 或省略冠词。
grammar · medium
易错句子The cake is covered with white frost.
正确表达The cake is covered with white frosting.
Frost 指自然界的霜或冰晶，而 frosting 指蛋糕上的糖霜。汉语中‘霜’可对应两个词，但英语中区分明确。
icing通常更薄、更光亮（由糖粉和液体制成），而frosting更厚、更奶油状（通常含黄油或奶油）。在美式英语中常互换，但icing更适合装饰较少的甜点。
frost（词根）
frost + -ed
frost + -y
frosty + -ly（y 变 i）
de- + frost
de- + frost + -er
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