crust
n
1
(a) [C, U] hard outer surface of a loaf of bread; pastry covering of a pie, tart, etc 面包皮; 糕餅等的酥皮
a white loaf with a crisp brown crust 有焦皮的白面包
Cut the crusts off when you make sandwiches. 做三明治時要把焦皮切掉. =>illus at bread 見bread之插圖.
(b) [C] (esp rhet 尤作修辭) slice of bread, esp a thin dry one 面包片(尤指薄而乾的)
(fig 比喻) He'd share his last crust with you, ie is very unselfish. 他就是剩下最後一片面包也會與你分享.
2 [C, U] hard surface 硬的表面
a thin crust of ice, frozen snow, etc ?quot;〉囊徊惚?凍結的雪等
the Earth's crust, ie the part nearest its surface 地殼.
3 [C, U] hard deposit on the inside of a bottle of wine, esp old port (葡萄酒的)沉淀物.
4 (idm 習語) the upper crust => upper. crust, v (phr v) crust over become covered with a crust 表層變硬
The surface of the liquid gradually crusted over. 液體表面漸漸地結了一層皮. crusted adj
1 [usu pred 通常作表語]
~ (with sth) having a hardened covering; encrusted 有硬殼; 結殼
walls crusted with dirt 積滿污垢的墻.
2 [usu attrib 通常作定語]
(of port) blended from different vintages and matured in bottles (指紅葡萄酒)由不同年份的葡萄酒混合裝瓶使之醇和.