Subject：The cake is that sweet and is as light as a feather.

迷你對(duì)話

A: What do you think of my home-made cake?

你覺(jué)得我自己做的蛋糕怎么樣？

B: The cake is that sweet and is as light as a feather. It is tasty.

蛋糕不是太甜，非常清淡，非常好吃。

地道表達(dá)

as slight as a feather

1. 解詞釋義

As slight as a feather是俗語(yǔ)，light作為形容詞時(shí)“輕”的意思，feather是“羽毛”的意思。因此，as slight as a feather顧名思義，就是說(shuō)這個(gè)東西像羽毛一樣輕盈。形容“食物”，就是“清淡”的意思。如果形容“人”的話，它還有形容人體重很輕的意思。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. My mother is a very good baker, she is well known among our relatives and friends. Oh, you should have tasted the white chocolate cake she made last week. It's not that sweet and is as light as a feather.

我的母親在烤蛋糕方面是個(gè)能手。我們的親戚朋友都知道。哎呀，你真是應(yīng)該嘗嘗上星期她做的白巧克力蛋糕。那蛋糕不是太甜，非常清淡。

e.g. While I was on my way to the law office at noon, the girl who was walking in front of me suddenly fainted because of the heat. Since she is as light as a feather, I had no problem in carrying her all the way to the hospital.

今天中午在我去律師事務(wù)所的路上，那個(gè)走在我前面的女孩子由于天太熱而突然暈倒了。因?yàn)樗纳眢w非常輕，所以我一口氣就把她背到了醫(yī)院，一點(diǎn)也不感到累。