Layername

• 1

  A surname.

layernoun詞源 1/ˈleɪ̯ɚ/

• 1

  A single thickness of some material covering a surface.

  • Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.
  • After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer.
• 2

  A single thickness of some material covering a surface.

  • It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers.
• 3

  A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.

  • I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.
  • Sometimes, the underlying layers are exposed by erosion, revealing the story of the rocks like an open book.
• 4

  One of the items in a hierarchy.

  • mired in layers of deceit
  • Right above the database access layer sits a number cruncher that performs any calculations that a particular request may require, such as computing a standard deviation. In many cases, this layer just forwards raw numbers.
• 5

  computer-graphicscomputingengineeringOne in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.

• 6

  computingengineeringmathematicsOne of the seven network switch pieces in the Open Systems Interconnection model: application, presentation, session, transport, network, data link, and physical.

• 7

  computingengineeringmathematicsAn alternative keymap accessed through a modifier key or toggle.

layerverb詞源 1/ˈleɪ̯ɚ/

• 1

  To cut or divide into layers.

• 2

  To arrange in layers.

  • Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.

layernoun詞源 2/ˈleɪ.ə/

• 1

  A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.

  • If fortune ever favoured any venturesome layer of bets, Tom Elliot was certainly the one that day.
• 2

  A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.

  • As for which hen we'll cull for next Sunday's dinner, we certainly won't eat Henrietta yet — she's still a prime layer.
  • When dealing with an infestation of headlice, the first step is to eliminate the layers.
• 3

  A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.

  • “Mrs. Boast can’t have got all these from one hatching,” [Ma] said. “I do believe there’s not more than two cockerels among them.” “The Boasts have got such a head-start with chickens, likely they’re planning to eat friers this summer,” said Pa. “It may be she took a few cockerels out of this flock, looking on them as meat.” “Yes, and replaced them with pullets that will be layers,” Ma guessed. “It would be Mrs. Boast all over. A more generous woman never lived.”
  • We keep a flock of layers and flock of broilers.
• 4

  A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.