layer

/'leiə/

Thân thiện

The baker carefully places a layer of icing on the cake.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A single thickness, coat, or level of material covering a surface: A relatively thin sheet-like expanse that lies over or under something else.
   • A person or thing that lays something: Specifically, a hen that produces eggs.
   • A level or tier within a hierarchy, system, or abstract concept: An abstract place or level of meaning, often conceived as having depth.

2. Verb:

   • To arrange or form into a layer or layers: To place or spread something in a thickness or level on top of another.

Examples

• Noun:

  • The cake had a thick layer of frosting. (A single thickness of icing covering the cake.)
  • This hen is a good layer. (This hen is good at laying eggs.)
  • The story has many layers of meaning. (The story operates on multiple levels of significance.)
  • Geologists study each rock layer. (Geologists study each stratum of rock.)

• Verb:

  • Layer the pasta and sauce in the dish. (Arrange the pasta and sauce in levels in the dish.)
  • She layered the different colored sands in the jar. (She formed levels with the different colored sands.)

Advanced Usage

• "Onion layer": Used metaphorically to describe something with multiple, often hidden, levels that must be uncovered one by one.
  • Solving the mystery was like peeling an onion layer by layer.
• "Ozone layer": A specific, well-known atmospheric stratum.
  • The ozone layer protects Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation.

Variants and Related Words

• Layered (adj): Arranged in layers.
  • She wore a layered necklace.
• Layering (n): The process or result of arranging in layers.
  • The layering of flavors in the stew was excellent.

Synonyms

• Noun: Stratum, tier, level, coat, sheet, bed.
• Verb: Stratify, arrange in tiers, stack.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Layer on: To add an additional layer.
  • Layer on more paint for a richer color.
• Layer up: To put on multiple layers of clothing.
  • You should layer up; it's cold outside.

Related Idioms

• A layer of bureaucracy: Refers to a level of administrative complexity that slows processes.
  • We have to cut through a layer of bureaucracy to get approval.
• Peel back the layers: To gradually reveal deeper or hidden aspects of something.
  • The therapist helped him peel back the layers of his anxiety.

Học thuật

Noun

1. thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
2. a hen that lays eggs
3. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
   • a good actor communicates on several levels
   • a simile has at least two layers of meaning
   • the mind functions on many strata simultaneously
4. a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
5. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
   • slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach

Verb

1. make or form a layer
   • layer the different colored sands

Từ đồng nghĩa

• level
• stratum
• bed