noun

fruitcake

水果蛋糕, 瘋子, 古怪的人

We had a slice of fruitcake with tea.

我們喝茶時吃了一片水果蛋糕。

He's a bit of a fruitcake, but he's harmless.

他有點古怪,但沒有惡意。

a fruitcake [可數] 水果蛋糕 We had a slice of fruitcake with tea.

a fruitcake [可數,非正式] 古怪的人,瘋子 He's a bit of a fruitcake, but he's harmless.

Synonyms (for person): eccentric, oddball, crank

一個複合詞:「fruit」(水果)+「cake」(蛋糕)。

請記住它的字面意思和非正式的比喻意思,後者指古怪的人,源於短語「nutty as a fruitcake」(像水果蛋糕一樣古怪)。

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