单词 | glaze |
释义 | glaze v. & n. --v   1. tr. a fit (a window, picture, etc.) with glass. b provide (a building) with glass windows.   2. tr. a cover (pottery etc.) with a glaze. b fix (paint) on pottery with a glaze.   3. tr. cover (pastry, meat, etc.) with a glaze.   4. intr. (often foll. by over) (of the eyes) become fixed or glassy (his eyes glazed over).   5. tr. cover (cloth, paper, leather, a painted surface, etc.) with a glaze.   6. tr. give a glassy surface to, e.g. by rubbing. --n   1. a vitreous substance, usu. a special glass, used to glaze pottery.   2. a smooth shiny coating of milk, sugar, gelatine, etc., on food.   3. a thin topcoat of transparent paint used to modify the tone of the underlying colour.   4. a smooth surface formed by glazing.   5. US a thin coating of ice. Phrases and idioms glazed frost a glassy coating of ice caused by frozen rain or a sudden thaw succeeded by a frost. glaze in enclose (a building, a window frame, etc.) with glass. Derivatives glazer n. glazy adj. Etymology: ME f. an oblique form of GLASS |
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