英语词汇“encrust”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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When you encrust something, you coat it with a layer of some other material. You might encrust your homemade cheesecake bites in crushed cookie crumbs, for example.

There are many ways to encrust various kinds of food, as when you encrust fish or chicken in breadcrumbs before baking it. A jeweler might encrust a ring in tiny diamonds, and the ocean's tide can encrust a dock with tiny snails or barnacles. The Latin root of encrust is incrustare, which, fittingly, means "to cover with crust."

WORD FAMILY

encrust: encrustation, encrusted, encrusting, encrusts+/crust: crusted, crusting, crustlike, crusts, crusty, encrust/crusty: crustier, crustiest, crustily/encrustation: encrustations

USAGE EXAMPLES

Used as a draft excluder, it was encrusted with dirt and had been attacked by vermin and insects.

BBC(Nov 28, 2016)

To others they are barnacles encrusting a beloved landmark.

New York Times(Nov 14, 2016)

Photos of the penthouse, published by the Daily Mail, show enormous chandeliers, plush sofas, and gold encrusted Corinthian columns.

BBC(Nov 14, 2016)

1v cover or coat with a crust

Syn|Hyper

incrust

coat, surface

put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface

2v form a crust or a hard layer

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

incrust

effloresce

become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation

harden, indurate

become hard or harder

v decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

Syn|Hyper

beset, incrust

adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

单词	encrust
释义	encrust (once / 6929 pages) 1v 2v When you encrust something, you coat it with a layer of some other material. You might encrust your homemade cheesecake bites in crushed cookie crumbs, for example. There are many ways to encrust various kinds of food, as when you encrust fish or chicken in breadcrumbs before baking it. A jeweler might encrust a ring in tiny diamonds, and the ocean's tide can encrust a dock with tiny snails or barnacles. The Latin root of encrust is incrustare, which, fittingly, means "to cover with crust." WORD FAMILY encrust: encrustation, encrusted, encrusting, encrusts+/crust: crusted, crusting, crustlike, crusts, crusty, encrust/crusty: crustier, crustiest, crustily/encrustation: encrustations USAGE EXAMPLES Used as a draft excluder, it was encrusted with dirt and had been attacked by vermin and insects. BBC(Nov 28, 2016) To others they are barnacles encrusting a beloved landmark. New York Times(Nov 14, 2016) Photos of the penthouse, published by the Daily Mail, show enormous chandeliers, plush sofas, and gold encrusted Corinthian columns. BBC(Nov 14, 2016) 1 1v cover or coat with a crust Syn\|Hyper incrust coat, surface put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface 2v form a crust or a hard layer Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper incrust effloresce become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation harden, indurate become hard or harder 2 v decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) Syn\|Hyper beset, incrust adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
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