encrust

encrust
[ɪnˈkrʌst, ɛn-]
(亦作 incrust)
verb
  1. [with obj.]cover or decorate (something) with a hard surface layer
    用硬的外层覆盖(或装饰);在…表面形成硬壳
    the mussels encrust navigation buoys.
    航标上附满了贻贝。
    [as adj. encrusted]the dried and encrusted blood.
    硬结的血块。
encrustment
noun
语源
  1. early 17th cent. (in the sense 'cause to form a crust'): from French incruster or encroûter, both from Latin incrustare, from in- 'into' + crusta 'a crust'
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