English Dictionary

layer

IPA（発音記号）

/lɛə/

名詞

A single thickness of some material covering a surface. / An item of clothing worn under or over another. / A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum. / One of the items in a hierarchy.

日本語の意味

物質が一層になって表面を覆う層 / 他の服の上または下に着る一枚の服装 / 通常は水平に堆積した地層、または堆積物の層 / 階層構造における一つの階層、または要素

A thin layer of dust had settled on the bookshelf overnight.

薄い埃の層が一晩で本棚に積もっていた。

意味（1）

A single thickness of some material covering a surface.

意味（2）

An item of clothing worn under or over another.

It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers.

意味（3）

A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.

I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.

意味（4）

One of the items in a hierarchy.

mired in layers of deceit

意味（5）

(computer graphics, by analogy to a stack of transparencies) one in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.

layers （ plural ）