1. vt. & vi.烘焙，烤　 cook in an oven using either no liquid or fat, or only a very little of these, in the cooking process
2. vi.感到或变得很热　 be or become uncomfortably hot

　～ a birthday cake　烘制生日蛋糕
　～ biscuits　烘饼干
　～ bread　烤面包
　～ bricks　烧砖
　～ cake　烤饼
　～ a cake for sb　为某人烤蛋糕
　～ sb a cake　烤蛋糕给某人
　～ quickly　很快就烤好
　～ too long　烤得太久
　～ well　善于烘烤
　～ by the sun　靠太阳晒干
　～ in kilns　在窑中烧
　～ in the oven　在烘箱里烤
　～ in the sun　晒太阳
　～ into a form　烘成形

　Mother bakes every Saturday.　母亲每个星期六烤面包。
　Bakers bake in huge ovens.　面包师用大烤炉烤面包。
　The bread will not bake if the fire is too small.　如果火太小，面包就烘不成。
　The cakes will bake quickly.　这些饼很快就可以烘好。
　We are baking in the sun.　我们在晒太阳。
　The pottery was left to bake in the hot sun.　陶器放在外面让炎热的太阳烘晒焙干。
　The dirt road became dusty as it baked under the summer sun.　在夏天烈日的暴晒下，泥路变得满是尘土。
　It's baking in here!　这里真是热死人了！
　Why shouldn't Dan eat the cake?After all, he baked it.　为什么丹不该吃蛋糕?不管怎么说还是他做的呢。
　She baked bread in an oven.　她用烤炉烤面包。
　We baked bread and cake in an oven.　我们在炉子里烤面包和蛋糕。
　Mrs. Green has baked cakes, and Mr. Green has bought a small present for every little guest.　格林夫人已烤好了蛋糕，格林先生还为每个小客人各买一个小礼物。
　He knows how to bake bricks.　他会烧砖。
　They settled themselves with their backs to the cliff and let the warm sun bake them through.　他们靠着岩石坐了下来，沐浴着温暖的阳光。
　Were these bricks baked by the sun or fire?　这些砖是太阳晒干的还是由火焙制的?
　In former times, bricks were baked in the sun until they became hard.　过去，砖是在太阳光下晒干变硬的。
　He baked us a cake.　他为我们烤了一块蛋糕。
　We baked him some bread.　我们为他烤了一些面包。
　Carol, did you bake the cake for Jim's party?　卡罗尔，你为吉姆办的聚会烤饼了吗?
　Don't bake the cakes black.　别把饼烤焦了。
　The sun is baking the ground dry.　太阳烤得大地干裂。
　Do you like baked potatoes?　你喜欢吃烤土豆吗?
　We wish he would not take our time at meeting to offer his half-baked ideas.　我们希望他在会上不要占用我们的时间来讨论他的不成熟的想法。

 ♣ bake, roast, toast
　这组词都有“烘”“烤”的意思。它们的区别在于：
1. 方式不同：bake通常指在密封的容器中或在锅上间接烘烤，食物不直接接触火；而toast则指在火上或火旁直接烘烤，把食物烤脆，烘烤成黄色；roast既可指直接放在火上烤，也可指放在火炉中烤，还可指放在热炭中烤或把已烤的面包、肉等进一步烤得更焦。
2. 客体不同：bake的客体为鱼、肉、面包等；但toast主要是指用明火烤猪、禽肉，甚至一整只动物。
3. 太阳烘晒用bake，烧砖也用bake.
 ♣ bake, dry
　这两个词的共同含义是“去掉水分而变干”。其区别是：dry含义广泛，可指任何脱水变干的过程（如蒸发、吸收、固化等）和方法（如加热、吸水等）；而bake仅指“在火上加热、脱水、变干并硬结成块”，即bake是dry的一种过程和方法。例如：
　The stream dried up during the hot summer.　小溪在炎热的夏季干涸了。
　本句的dry不可换用bake.
　We dried our clothes in front of the fire.　我们在火前烘干了我们的衣服。
　本句中的dry也不能换为bake，因为烘干的衣服并未硬结成块。

　［同义词］ dry, roast, toast; harden, temper
　［词源］　中古英语bacan（烤）