encrust

英 [ɪn'krʌst] 美 [ɪn'krʌst]

• v. 包以外壳（结壳）；装饰外层

英英释义

Verb:

1. cover or coat with a crust

2. decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

3. form a crust or a hard layer

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Salt from the sea had encrusted on the dry sand.
   海水中的盐分在乾燥的沙子上结成硬皮。
2. Green weed and grey barnacles encrust every part under the sea.
   水下的部分则覆满了绿色的海藻和灰色的藤壶。

经典引文

• The outside of the edifice was encrusted with marble.

  出自： Gibbon

近反义词

【近义词】

• incrust 用皮包裹
• beset 包围