[N-COUNT 可数名词]面包皮 The crust on a loaf of bread is the outside part.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](馅饼的)酥皮 A pie's crust is its cooked pastry.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指较软或较湿的物质上的)硬层,硬皮 A crust is a hard layer of something, especially on top of a softer or wetter substance.
As the water evaporates, a crust of salt is left on the surface of the soil.
随着水分的蒸发,地面上留下了一层结晶盐。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]地壳 The earth's crust is its outer layer.
[with supp]
Earthquakes leave scars in the earth's crust.
地震会在地壳上留下裂痕。
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[PHRASE 短语](尤指通过做不愿意做的工作)谋生 If you earn a crust, you earn enough money to live on, especially by doing work you would prefer not to do.
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[BRIT 英]
In his early days, he would do almost anything to earn a crust from the sport.
早年为了能在体育界混口饭吃,他几乎什么都做。
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See also:
upper crust
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Oxford
crust/krʌst; NAmEkrʌst/noun1[countable , uncountable ]the hard outer surface of bread 面包皮◆sandwiches with the crusts cut off切掉面包皮的三明治2[countable , usually singular ]a layer of pastry,especially on top of a pie糕饼(尤指馅饼)酥皮◆Bake until the crust is golden.把糕饼烤至外皮呈金黄色。3[countable , uncountable ]a hard layer or surface, especially above or around sth soft or liquid (尤指软物或液体上面、周围的)硬层,硬表面◆a thin crust of ice一层薄冰◆the earth's crust地壳☞see also
1the hard brown outer surface of bread: sandwiches with the crusts cut off2the baked outer part of foods such as pies or pizzas: a thin-crust pizza3a thin hard dry layer on the surface of something: A hard gray crust had formed on the bottom of the tea kettle.4the hard outer layer of the Earth: deep within the Earth’s crust → earn a crust
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