"fruitcake" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 水果蛋糕 / 怪人

Definition

一種濃密豐富的蛋糕，含有乾果或蜜餞、堅果和香料，通常浸泡在酒中。非正式用法中，也指古怪或瘋狂的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式含義（'He's a total fruitcake'）在日常口語中很常見。Fruitcake在文化上與聖誕節相關，因為很多人覺得它太密實或太乾，所以經常被轉送他人，成為一個笑話。

Examples

My aunt bakes a fruitcake every Christmas.

我阿姨每年聖誕節都烤一個**水果蛋糕**。

This fruitcake is full of raisins and nuts.

這個**水果蛋糕**滿滿的都是葡萄乾和堅果。

He's a bit of a fruitcake, but everyone loves him.

他有點**古怪**，但大家都喜歡他。

Nobody actually eats the fruitcake — it just gets passed around from house to house every year.

其實沒人喫那個**水果蛋糕**——它每年只是從一家傳到另一家。

You'd have to be a complete fruitcake to go skydiving in this weather.

在這種天氣去跳傘，你得是個十足的**瘋子**。

I soaked the fruitcake in brandy for a month and it turned out incredible.

我把**水果蛋糕**在白蘭地裡泡了一個月，結果出奇地好喫。