| 释义 |
wafer/ˈweifə/ n. & v.●n. 1 a very thin light crisp sweet biscuit, esp. of a kind eaten with ice cream 薄脆饼；华夫饼干(尤指与冰激凌同吃的) 2 a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist 圣饼(用作圣餐的未经发酵的圆面包片) 3 a disc of red paper stuck on a legal document instead of a seal 封缄纸(贴在法律文件上代替封印用的红色圆纸片) 4 Electronics a very thin slice of a semiconductor crystal used as the substrate for solid-state circuitry 【电子学】薄片，圆片，晶片 5 hist. a small disc of dried paste formerly used for fastening letters, holding papers together, etc. [史义]用于封信、粘文件等用的干胶片 ●v. tr. fasten or seal with a wafer 用干胶纸包扎或封缄 □ wafery adj.[Middle English via Anglo-French wafre, Old Norman French waufre, (Old) French gaufre (cf. GOFFER) from Middle Low German wɑˉfel ‘waffle’: cf. WAFFLE2] |