crust

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Related topics: Food, Geology

crust /krʌst/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

1 the hard brown outer surface of bread 面包皮

sandwiches with the crusts cut off

切去边皮的三明治

2 DFthe baked outer part of foods such as pies or pizzas 〔馅饼或比萨饼等的〕酥皮

a thin-crust pizza

薄皮比萨饼

3 SURFACEa thin hard dry layer on the surface of something 〔某物的〕硬薄外层[表面]

A hard gray crust had formed on the bottom of the tea kettle.

茶壶底部结了一层灰色的垢。

4 the hard outer layer of the Earth 〔地球的〕地壳

deep within the Earth’s crust

在地壳深处

→4 See picture of 见图 GLOBE →5 see picture at 见图 earth1

→ earn a crust at earn(1), upper crust

Examples from the Corpus

crust• a pizza with a thin, crispy crust• We were barely twenty when we got married, back before the Earth's crust cooled.• the Earth's crust• The extra rises will affect the crust, texture, and flavor, usually giving a crustier, slightly more sour loaf.• The thickness of the crust, for example, varies widely between continents and oceans.• Use the sharp knife to cut off the crusts.• The heat sets the crust and quickly evaporates the surface moisture, crisping the crust.• It was a nightmare of a trip, the trucks constantly breaking through the crust and having to be dug out.• Jimmy only eats sandwiches with the crusts cut off.

crust ... formed• They ran the cell all day, after which time a green crust had formed on the cathode.

Origin crust

(1300-1400) Latin crusta “crust, shell”

crust noun

Chinese

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