Incrustation



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.硬壳, 外层
• ［英］ n.硬壳, 外层 ( hard coating or crust)

Webster Collegiate

also encrustation noun

• Etymology: Latin incrustation-, incrustatio, from incrustare to encrust
• Date: 1644
• 1.
  • a. a crust or hard coating
  • b. a growth or accumulation (as of habits, opinions, or customs) resembling a crust
• 2. the act of encrusting ; the state of being encrusted
• 3.
  • a. overlay a
  • b. inlay

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