pancake

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pan·cake [pancake pancakes pancaked pancaking] BrE [ˈpænkeɪk] NAmE [ˈpænkeɪk] noun
1. countable a thin flat round cake made from a mixture of flour, eggs and milk that is fried on both sides, usually eaten hot for breakfast in the US, and in Britain either as a ↑dessert with sugar, jam, etc. or as a main course with meat, cheese, etc
•pancakes with maple syrup
•a selection of savoury pancakes
2. uncountable thick make-up for the face, used especially in the theatre
see as flat as a pancake at ↑flat _adj.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from the noun ↑pan + ↑cake.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  battercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake