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A coating is a thin layer of something that covers a surface. Chocolate on a , sugar on a pill, paint on metal, dust on a table — each of those layers is a coating. Factories put coatings on tools to stop rust; cooks give food a coating of flour or before frying. The word can also name the action: coating the chicken in . It is not the garment called a coat, though the idea to cover is the same. In careful talk, a coating is thin; a thick covering is more often a layer or a covering.
塗層；（食物、藥錠上的）糖衣、外衣
組成From the verb coat (to cover with a layer) + -ing.
同家族的字
- coatthe verb to coat means to cover with a layer; coating is that layer, or the -ing noun
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
coatingnoun/ˈkəʊtɪŋ/
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A thin outer layer.
- They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.
- "Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages.
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archaicCloth for making coats.
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slanggovernmentlaw-enforcementA telling-off; a reprimand.
- The bogey gave him a right coating.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。