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encrustation

/en-kruh-stey-shuhn/US // ˌɛn krʌˈsteɪ ʃən //

结壳,结垢,结痂,结皮

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an encrusting or being encrusted.
    • : a crust or coat of anything on the surface of a body; covering, coating, or scale.
    • : the inlaying or addition of enriching materials on or to a surface or an object.
    • : the enriching materials inlaid on or added to a surface or an object.

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Examples

  • It is hard and mineralized, this is to say, the warp and woof of silk are hidden by a thick encrustation of sand.

  • This quickly removes the encrustation if it has not been allowed to grow thick before the attempt is made.

  • He had reached the end of the narrow passage, and dimly made out a domed room in the rock, white with translucent encrustation.

  • They laved their wounds, which were intensely sore at first, owing to the encrustation of salt on their skins.

  • Gabriel sat up on the bed and rapped the bowl of his pipe against the bedpost to loosen some refractory encrustation.