什么意思- "cake"在这里是什么意思?

cake做为动词，意思是“使结块, 使固[烧, 胶, 团结；结成一块；干结成硬块”。
His shoes were caked with mud. 他的鞋上结了泥块。
Mud caked on his shoes. 泥块粘在他的鞋上。
The boy was caked with mud. 这男孩身上都是泥块。
Walking through that wet grassland, our boots were caked with mud.
穿过了那片湿草地,我们的靴子粘满了烂泥。
本人觉得，cake在这里应该转译为：确定，固定。
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were caked.
两周后, 参加赛跑队队员的名字被确定了。