skim coat
skim coat — 名詞
1. a very thin layer of plaster or filler spread over a wall or ceiling so that the
薄找平層
牆面薄抹的批土層，讓表面平滑可上漆
a very thin layer of plaster or filler spread over a wall or ceiling so that the surface ends up flat and ready to paint
Christopher spread a thin skim coat over the cracked wall before painting it white.
Christopher 在牆面裂縫上薄薄抹了一層找平層，然後才漆成白色。
spread a skim coat over [surface]
The builders added a skim coat of plaster to hide the rough lines on the ceiling.
工人在天花板上加了一層薄找平層，蓋掉粗糙的紋路。
a skim coat of [material]
A good skim coat dries hard, so you can sand it smooth the next morning.
好的薄找平層乾了會變硬，隔天早上就能磨平。
Mayumi mixed the filler too thin, and the skim coat slid off the kitchen wall.
Mayumi 把批土調得太稀，薄找平層整片從廚房牆上滑了下來。
After one light skim coat, the old brick surface looked flat and clean.
只薄抹了一層找平層，那面舊磚牆看起來就平整乾淨了。
- finish coat
the final smoothing layer, same idea, slightly more general
- topcoat
broader — can mean a final coat of paint, not only plaster
- base coat
the first, thicker layer that goes on before the skim coat
文法句型
apply a skim coat (of [material])
skim coat over [surface]
用法筆記
Almost always paired with a verb of applying — 'apply', 'add', 'spread', or 'put on' a skim coat. The material is named with 'of' (a skim coat of plaster / of joint compound).