layer
US: /ˈɫeɪɝ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
layer /'leiə/- danh từ
- người đặt, người gài (bẫy)
- lớp
- a layer of clay: lớp đất sét
- (địa lý,ddịa chất) tầng đất, địa tầng
- cành chiết
- mái đẻ (trứng)
- a good layer: mái đẻ (trứng) tốt
- (số nhiều) dải lúa bị rạp
- đầm nuôi trai
- ngoại động từ
- sắp từng lớp, sắp từng tầng
- chiết cành
- nội động từ
- ngả, ngả rạp xuống (lúa)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 a quantity or thickness of sth that lies over a surface or between surfaces: A thin layer of dust covered everything. + How many layers of clothing are you wearing?
2 a level or part within a system or set of ideas: There were too many layers of management in the company. + the layers of meaning in the poem
+ verb [VN] [often passive] to arrange sth in layers: Layer the potatoes and onions in a dish. + Her hair had been layered (= cut to several different lengths).
Collocation
ADJ.
fine, thin
Everything was covered with a fine layer of dust.
| deep, generous, heavy, thick
Mulch with a generous layer of peat or compost.
| bottom, inner, lower, middle, outer, surface, top, upper
the upper layers of the earth's atmosphere
| double | protective
a protective layer of black plastic
| ozone
holes in the ozone layer
VERB + LAYER
form
Use enough gravel to form a layer about 50mm thick.
| be covered by/with
The body had been covered with a thin layer of soil.
LAYER + NOUN
cake
PREP.
beneath/under a/the ~
Beneath the surface layer of the skin are several further layers.
| in ~s
The building is constructed in layers.
| ~ of
an extra layer of clothing a layer of bureaucracy multiple layers of meaning
PHRASES
layer after/on/upon layer
The remains lay buried under layer upon layer of black earth.
Concise dictionary
layers|layered|layering'leɪə(r)noun
+single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
+a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
+an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
+a hen that lays eggs
+thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
verb
+make or form a layer
