wafer

wafer
noun
  1. a very thin light crisp sweet biscuit, especially one of a kind eaten with ice cream
    薄脆饼；华夫饼干；威化饼干
    ■a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist
    （圣餐用）圣饼
    ■(亦作 wafer seal)a disc of red paper stuck on a legal document as a seal
    （用于法律文件封口的）封缄纸
    ■(Electronics)a very thin slice of a semiconductor crystal used as the substrate for solid-state circuitry
    (电子)晶片
    ■(historical)a small disc of dried paste formerly used for fastening letters or holding papers together
    (史)（以前用于封信或粘文件的）干胶纸
    ■a round, thin piece of something
    圆薄片
    a wafer of turf.
    一块圆形草皮块。
verb
  1. [with obj.](rare)fasten or seal (a letter, document, etc.) with a wafer
    (罕)（用封缄纸）封（信件、文件等）；（用干胶纸）粘接（信件、文件等）
派生
wafery
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French gaufre (see goffer), from Middle Low German wāfel 'waffle'; compare with waffle
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