Word · Frequency #20389
wafers
封缄纸片；干胶片
wafers is the plural of wafer.
a small adhesive disk of paste used to seal letters
旧时用语
- 1.
A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
轻薄扁平的饼干。
- 2.
a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters
用于封信的小粘贴圆片
- 3.
A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
圣餐中使用的祝圣无酵薄饼。
- 4.
a small thin crisp cake or cookie
小而薄脆的蛋糕或饼干
- 5.
A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
用于封缄信件、粘贴文件等的软圆片,原用面粉制成,后改用明胶等。
- 6.
thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)
宗教仪式中使用的薄无酵圆饼(尤其是在圣餐仪式中)
- 7.
A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
用于制造电子电路的硅或其他半导体的薄片。
轻薄扁平的饼干。；用于封信的小粘贴圆片；圣餐中使用的祝圣无酵薄饼。；小而薄脆的蛋糕或饼干；用于封缄信件、粘贴文件等的软圆片,原用面粉制成,后改用明胶等。
In use
The kids dipped the chocolate wafers into the warm milk.
Gently place a wafer on top of the cake before serving.
Each wafer is so thin and crispy that it breaks easily.
seal sth with a wafer
wafer 在此指旧时封缄信件用的胶质小圆片，与“威化饼干”的义项不同。
He sealed the envelope with a wafer.
他用一片封缄纸片封好了信封。
a wafer of [material]
此结构用介词 of 引出材质，意为“一片……制成的封缄纸片”。
A wafer of paste was pressed onto the folded paper.
一片糊状胶被压在折叠的纸上。
Common mistakes
I ate wafer for dessert.I ate a wafer for dessert.
Connections
Collocations
- sealing wafers
- 封缄片
- The stationer's drawer was full of sealing wafers.文具商的抽屉里装满了封缄片。
- wafer a letter
- 用封缄片封住信件
- He wafered the letter and handed it to the courier.他用封缄片封住信件，然后把它交给了信使。
- wafered envelope
- 用封缄片封口的信封
- She received a wafered envelope from her lawyer.她收到了一个用封缄片封口的信封。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a wafer-thin majority
- 极微弱的多数优势The party won the election by a wafer-thin majority.该党以极其微弱的多数优势赢得了选举。
- as thin as a wafer
- 薄如威化饼；非常薄The ice on the pond was as thin as a wafer.池塘上的冰薄得像威化饼一样。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
读音像“维佛”，联想薄薄的“威化”饼干就是wafer；同样薄薄一片、旧时封信用的小干胶片也叫wafer。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：historical letters and documents、archival research、antique stationery 此义项指旧时封缄信件或文件的小干胶圆片，属于历史用语，现代英语中不常见。多出现在历史文献、档案研究或描述旧时书信文具的语境中；语体上带有书面或正式色彩，口语中很少使用。
Grammar Note
wafers
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 wafer /ˈweɪfɚ/ 真正押韵的常用词是 safer /ˈseɪfər/（重读元音和后面的辅音相同）。注意拼写或发音相似的词并不都押韵：waver /ˈweɪvər/ 中 f 与 v 不同；refer /rɪˈfɜr/ 和 prefer /prɪˈfɜr/ 的 -fer 重读，发 /fɜr/；suffer /ˈsʌfər/ 和 cipher /ˈsaɪfər/ 的重读元音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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