glaze

/ɡleɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡleɪz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈglāz/ (ame, mw)

glaze — 動詞

  • glazepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • glazeshe / she / it
  • glazedpast simple
  • glazing-ing form

1. to put a thin liquid layer on the outside of food, pottery, or another object so

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

上釉；澆糖汁

在食物或陶器表面塗一層光亮塗料

to put a thin liquid layer on the outside of food, pottery, or another object so that after it dries or is heated, the surface looks smooth and shines.

例句

Yasmin brushed a thin layer of beaten egg to glaze the bread before baking.

Yasmin 在烘烤前，把蛋液刷在麵包表面為它澆汁。

glaze + food object with brushed liquid

Henrik glazed each clay bowl with a soft blue color before firing them in the kiln.

Henrik 把每個陶碗上一層淡藍色釉，再放進窯裡燒製。

glaze + pottery object with [color] before firing

同義詞
  • coat

    general — any covering layer, not necessarily shiny

  • varnish

    for wood surfaces, not food or pottery

  • ice

    specifically for cakes with sugar topping

文法句型

glaze + object

glaze [object] with [substance]

用法筆記

Object is usually a food item (bread, ham, tart, donut) or a pottery piece; often appears as 'glaze X with Y' where Y is the coating liquid.

常見錯誤

❌I glazed the table with paint to make it shiny.
✅I varnished the table to make it shiny.
💡'glaze' is for pottery and food coatings, not general furniture; for wood use 'varnish' or 'polish'.

2. if someone's eyes do this, they become fixed and lose any sign of feeling, usual

2.動詞不及物C1
釋義

眼神呆滯

雙眼變得僵直、沒有表情

if someone's eyes do this, they become fixed and lose any sign of feeling, usually because the person is bored, tired, or has stopped paying attention.

例句

Mateo's eyes glazed over halfway through the long lecture on tax law.

聽稅法演講聽到一半，Mateo 的眼神就變呆滯了。

[possessive] eyes glaze over + during boring event

The students' eyes glazed as the teacher repeated the same grammar rule for the fifth time.

老師第五次重複同一條文法時，學生們的眼神都呆掉了。

intransitive: eyes glaze (no 'over')

同義詞
  • zone out

    informal; means the person mentally drifts away

  • blank

    rare as verb in this sense

反義詞
  • light up

    eyes show sudden interest or joy

文法句型

[someone's] eyes glaze (over)

用法筆記

Subject is always the possessive form of a person plus 'eyes'; never the person directly (not '*he glazed over').

常見錯誤

❌He glazed over during the meeting.
✅His eyes glazed over during the meeting.
💡the subject must be 'eyes', not the person.

3. in building work, to install the panes that close a window or door frame, so the

3.動詞及物C2
釋義

裝玻璃

把玻璃片裝進窗戶或門框

in building work, to install the panes that close a window or door frame, so the opening is sealed with a transparent panel.

例句

Local builders glazed the old church windows with thick frosted panels last summer.

去年夏天，當地的工人為老教堂的窗戶裝了厚厚的霧面玻璃。

glaze + windows with [glass type]

Trang asked the carpenter to glaze the porch door so the room would stay warmer in winter.

Trang 請木工幫陽台的門裝玻璃，這樣房間冬天會比較暖。

glaze + door for [reason]

同義詞
  • install

    general — any kind of fitting, not glass-specific

  • pane

    rare as verb

文法句型

glaze + window/door/frame

用法筆記

Almost always in the building or construction context; object must be a window, door, frame, or similar architectural opening. Often passive.

常見錯誤

❌I glazed a new mirror for the bathroom.
✅I installed a new mirror in the bathroom.
💡'glaze' is for setting glass into frames, not hanging finished glass objects.

4. of a surface or material, to develop a hard smooth layer that looks like glass,

4.動詞不及物C2
釋義

結成光面

表面形成一層光滑像玻璃的薄膜

of a surface or material, to develop a hard smooth layer that looks like glass, usually as it cools, freezes, or dries.

例句

After the freezing rain, the roads near Henry's house had glazed with a thin sheet of ice.

凍雨過後，Henry 家附近的路面結了一層薄薄的冰。

[surface] glaze with [thin layer]

The chocolate began to glaze as it cooled on the marble slab in the kitchen.

巧克力在廚房的大理石板上慢慢冷卻，表面也跟著結成光面。

[material] glaze + as it cools

同義詞
  • ice over

    specifically for water surfaces becoming ice

  • harden

    general — does not imply shine

反義詞
  • melt

    for surfaces returning from solid to liquid

文法句型

[surface] glaze (over)

用法筆記

Subject is a surface or substance, not a person. Sense 4 differs from sense 1: here the surface develops the glass-like layer on its own (passive of nature); in sense 1 someone deliberately applies a coating.

常見錯誤

❌The window glazed in the winter sun.
✅The window glistened in the winter sun.
💡'glaze' here means forming a hard layer (ice, varnish), not reflecting light.

glaze — 名詞