laminate
/ˈlæmɪnət/ (bre, ipa) · [lˈæmənət] /ˈlæmɪnət/ (ame, ipa) · [lˈæmənət] /ˈla-mə-ˌnāt/ (ame, mw) · /ˈlæm.ɪ.neɪt/ (bre, ipa) · [lˈæmənət] /ˈlæm.ə.neɪt/ (ame, ipa)
laminate — 名詞
- laminatesingular
- laminatesplural
1. material formed by joining thin sheets into one stronger piece
層壓材
多層薄片黏合成的材料
material formed by joining thin sheets into one stronger piece
The kitchen table has a white laminate that wipes clean easily.
那張廚房桌面貼著白色層壓材，很容易擦乾淨。
laminate surface on furniture
Workers laid gray laminate across the office floor before opening day.
工人在開幕前把灰色層壓板鋪在辦公室地板上。
laminate flooring
The cabinet doors look like wood, but they are laminate.
那些櫥櫃門看起來像木頭，其實是層壓板。
A cheap laminate covered the counter instead of real stone.
那個檯面鋪的是便宜層壓材，不是真石材。
文法句型
laminate flooring
made of laminate
用法筆記
Often used for floors, counters, and table surfaces. In everyday use, it often suggests an artificial material that copies wood or stone.
laminate — 動詞
- laminatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- laminates3rd person singular
- laminating-ing form
- laminatedpast simple
1. to put a thin clear covering over something so it stays clean, stiff, or dry
護貝；貼膜
覆上一層保護薄膜
to put a thin clear covering over something so it stays clean, stiff, or dry
Soraya laminated the class timetable before pinning it on the wall.
Soraya 先把班級時間表護貝好，再把它釘到牆上。
laminate a printed sheet for protection
Please laminate your visitor pass so the barcode will not fade.
請把訪客證護貝，這樣條碼才不會褪色。
laminate + document item
The restaurant menus were laminated after several drinks spilled on them.
那家餐廳的菜單在被飲料潑過幾次後都重新護貝了。
Our coach laminated the emergency list for the weekend trip.
我們教練為了週末行程，把緊急聯絡名單先護貝起來。
文法句型
laminate a card
be laminated
用法筆記
Usually used for paper, cards, signs, and other flat items. In passive form, it often describes the finished protected state.
常見錯誤
2. to join thin sheets or pieces so they become one layered product
層壓
把薄層材料黏合成一體
to join thin sheets or pieces so they become one layered product
Factory workers laminate glass and film to make safer bus windows.
工廠工人把玻璃和薄膜層壓在一起，做成更安全的公車窗。
laminate materials into one product
The crew laminated two paper boards together for the display stand.
工作人員把兩張紙板層壓在一起，做展示架用。
laminate layers together
This machine laminates fabric onto foam for winter jackets.
這台機器把布料層壓到泡棉上，用來做冬季外套。
Engineers laminated carbon sheets into the light racing frame.
工程師把碳片層壓成那個輕量賽車車架。
文法句型
laminate layers together
laminate A onto B
用法筆記
Focuses on making the layered material itself, not simply protecting a finished object. Common subjects include factories, machines, and production teams.
3. to fold and roll dough with butter so many very thin layers form before baking
開酥
把麵團和奶油反覆折擀成層
to fold and roll dough with butter so many very thin layers form before baking
The baker laminated the dough three times before cutting the croissants.
那位烘焙師先把麵團開酥三次，才切可頌。
laminate dough in pastry making
Keep the butter cold while you laminate the pastry for puff pies.
你在做千層派前，開酥時要讓奶油保持冰冷。
laminate pastry with cold butter
Nila learned to laminate dough evenly during the weekend baking class.
Nila 在週末烘焙課學會了把麵團均勻開酥。
If the kitchen is warm, chill the dough before laminating again.
如果廚房太熱，再次開酥前要先把麵團冰一下。
- fold
fold names one step in the process, while laminate means building many butter-separated layers
文法句型
laminate the dough
laminate pastry with butter
用法筆記
Used mainly in pastry work. The object is dough or pastry, and the goal is to create flaky layers after baking.
4. to press or roll a material until it becomes a thin flat sheet
壓成薄片
把材料壓或擀成薄片
to press or roll a material until it becomes a thin flat sheet
The team laminated soft copper into sheets for small wall signs.
團隊把軟銅壓成薄片，做小型牆面標牌。
laminate material into sheets
Heat helps laminate the wax before it cracks at the edges.
先加熱能幫助把蠟壓成薄片，邊緣才不會裂開。
heat helps with shaping
The machine laminated the metal thinner with each slow pass.
那台機器每慢慢壓過一次，就把金屬再壓得更薄。
Old mills laminated lead for roof strips and window frames.
老工坊會把鉛壓成薄片，拿來做屋頂條片和窗框。
文法句型
laminate metal into sheets
laminate something thinner
用法筆記
More technical than the other verb senses. It describes changing a material's shape by pressure, not joining separate layers.
laminate — 形容詞
- laminatepositive
- more laminatecomparative
- most laminatesuperlative
1. made up of many thin layers arranged one over another
層狀的
本身由多層薄片組成
made up of many thin layers arranged one over another
The museum displayed a laminate rock with clear dark and pale bands.
博物館展出一塊層狀的岩石，上面有清楚的深淺色帶。
laminate + scientific noun
Under the microscope, the leaf showed a laminate structure.
在顯微鏡下，那片葉子顯出層狀的結構。
laminate structure
Scientists described the shell as laminate near the broken edge.
科學家把那個殼在斷口附近描述成層狀的。
The cut stem looked laminate under the bright lab light.
那段切開的莖在明亮的實驗燈下看起來是層狀的。
- layered
layered is the everyday word, while laminate is more technical and scientific
- stratified
stratified is common in geology and often suggests larger visible bands
文法句型
laminate structure
be laminate
用法筆記
Usually appears in technical descriptions of structure. It says the thing itself is built in layers.
2. having thin layers on its surface or across part of it
有薄層的
表面覆著一層層薄片
having thin layers on its surface or across part of it
The old cliff face looked laminate where mud had dried in sheets.
那面老峭壁在泥土乾成片的地方，看起來是有薄層的。
surface shows layered coating
The lab sample was laminate with salt after the water evaporated.
水分蒸發後，那個實驗樣本表面留下有薄層的鹽痕。
be laminate with + substance
By spring, the cave wall was laminate with thin mineral crusts.
到了春天，那面洞壁變得有薄層的礦物殼。
The fossil was laminate with fine calcium layers near the shell.
那塊化石靠近殼邊的地方，有細細的鈣質薄層。
- coated
coated is broader and does not necessarily suggest several thin layers
- layer-covered
layer-covered is explanatory English, while laminate is the shorter technical label
文法句型
be laminate with + noun
laminate surface
用法筆記
Used in technical description when layers sit on the outside of something. Distinguish it from sense 1, where the whole thing is built from layers.