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单词 undercoat
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undercoat

(ʌndəʳkoʊt)
Word forms: plural undercoats
variable noun
An undercoat is a covering of paint or varnish put onto a surface as a base for a final covering of paint or varnish. Compare topcoat.

undercoat in British English

(ˈʌndəˌkəʊt)
noun
1. 
a coat of paint or other substance applied before the top coat
2. 
a coat worn under an overcoat
3.  zoology another name for underfur
4.  the US name for underseal
verb
5. (transitive)
to apply an undercoat to (a surface)

undercoat in American English

(ˈʌndərˌkoʊt)
noun
1.  Obsolete
a coat worn under another
2. 
an under layer of short hair in an animal's coat
3. 
a coating as of tarlike material applied to the exposed underside of a motor vehicle to deaden noise, retard rust, etc.
4. 
a coat of paint, varnish, etc. applied as a first coat or before the final coat
Also for undercoat (sense 3) undercoat (sense 4)
verb transitive
5. 
to apply an undercoat to

Examples of 'undercoat' in a sentence
undercoat

So touches of the red metal undercoat would serve to indicate what ought to be green.
Melville, Anne THE HARDIE INHERITANCE (2003)
I said her question was flawed, that it shouldn't just address me but all of us in white undercoat.
Dexter Petley WHITE LIES (2003)
"Now, I have a little olive undercoat to my complexion, even though my hair has so much red in it.
Laura Lippman EVERY SECRET THING (2003)

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