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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

分层

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fēn céng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Layering/ˈleɪ.ər.ɪŋ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"衣物的分层穿搭在冬天非常保暖。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or process of arranging things in layers or strata.

    "Effective layering of clothes is essential for surviving the freezing mountain temperatures."
  2. 2

    In computing and design, the separation of functionality into distinct hierarchical tiers or levels.

    "The software architecture relies on careful layering to separate the database from the user interface."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'layer', originating from Middle English 'leier', which traces back to Old French 'leiier' and the Germanic root *lagjaną (to lay). The suffix '-ing' was added in the 19th century to denote the process or action of arranging multiple strata or levels.

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