1. 1塗層;(食物、藥錠上的)糖衣、外衣

    A coating is a thin layer of something that covers a surface. Chocolate on a , sugar on a pill, paint on metal, dust on a table — each of those layers is a coating. Factories put coatings on tools to stop rust; cooks give food a coating of flour or before frying. The word can also name the action: coating the chicken in . It is not the garment called a coat, though the idea to cover is the same. In careful talk, a coating is thin; a thick covering is more often a layer or a covering.

core核心畫面

組成From the verb coat (to cover with a layer) + -ing.

同家族的字

  • coatthe verb to coat means to cover with a layer; coating is that layer, or the -ing noun

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

coatingnoun/ˈkəʊtɪŋ/

  • 1

    A thin outer layer.

    • They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.
    • "Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages.
  • 2

    archaicCloth for making coats.

  • 3

    slanggovernmentlaw-enforcementA telling-off; a reprimand.

    • The bogey gave him a right coating.

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