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To double-glaze a window or door is to fit it with two separate sheets of glass and a space between them. That trapped air (sometimes a special gas) helps keep heat in and street noise out.
To double-glaze a window or door幫窗戶或門double-glaze(裝雙層玻璃) is to fit it with two separate sheets of glass就是幫它裝上兩片分開的玻璃 and a space between them中間留一個空隙。That trapped air那被困住的空氣 (sometimes a special gas)(有時候是特殊氣體) helps keep heat in能幫忙把熱留在裡面 and street noise out把街上的噪音擋在外面。
You double-glaze a house; what you then have is double — the windows themselves.
You double-glaze a house你對一棟房子double-glaze(裝雙層玻璃)之後; what you then have你擁有的 is double glazing就是double glazing(雙層玻璃) — the windows themselves也就是那些窗戶本身。
Very common in cold or noisy places, and in British English especially. American English more often talks about double-pane windows, same idea.
Very common in cold or noisy places在寒冷或吵鬧的地方非常常見, and in British English especially尤其是在英式英文裡。American English more often talks about double-pane windows美式英文比較常講double-pane windows, same idea指的是同一個概念。
The verb is the job (what you do to the window); the two-sheet glass is the result.
The verb is the job動詞形式指的是這個動作 (what you do to the window)(你對窗戶做的事); the two-sheet glass is the result雙層玻璃這個東西,則是結果。
Though actually, it is not a second coat of shiny glaze, like on a pot or a cake. It is glass, twice, with a gap.
Though actually不過其實, it is not a second coat of shiny glaze它指的不是再多刷一層亮亮的釉, like on a pot or a cake像陶罐或蛋糕上那樣。It is glass, twice, with a gap它就是玻璃,兩片,中間留一道縫。
組成double (two) + glaze (to fit with glass). Two sheets of glass, not a second layer of shiny coating.
同家族的字
- glazeto fit glass; also a glass surface
- double glazingthe two-sheet windows you have after you double-glaze
原始詞典資料1 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。
double-glazeverb
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To fit with double glazing
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。