"fruitcakes" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 水果蛋糕
• 瘋子（俚語）

Definition

“Fruitcakes” 指的是用堅果和乾果或蜜餞做的蛋糕，常見於聖誕等節慶。也可作俚語用來形容行為怪異或瘋狂的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

作為食品，描述多個蛋糕時用複數。俚語用法屬於口語，可能被認為過時或冒犯，指人時需注意語境。

Examples

We made three fruitcakes for the holiday party.

我們為節日聚會做了三個**水果蛋糕**。

My grandmother bakes delicious fruitcakes every year.

我奶奶每年都會烤美味的**水果蛋糕**。

The bakery sells small fruitcakes all December.

麵包店整個十二月都賣小**水果蛋糕**。

Those guys are total fruitcakes—they were wearing Santa hats in July!

那些傢伙真是**瘋子**，七月還戴著聖誕帽！

People who hate fruitcakes probably haven’t tried my recipe.

討厭**水果蛋糕**的人可能沒喫過我的食譜。

Don't mind him, he acts like one of those harmless fruitcakes sometimes.

別介意他，他有時候就像那種無害的**瘋子**一樣。