层[céng]

量

1. storey; floor

♦ 十五~大楼 a fifteen-storey building

♦ 我住一~。 I live on the ground floor.

♦ 她住二~。 She lives on the first floor.

2. a component part in a sequence

♦ 这段文章有两~意思。 This article has two levels of discourse.

♦ 他这话还有一~意思。 What he said has further implications.

3. layer; stratum

♦ 桌上积了厚厚的一~灰尘。 The desk is covered with a thick layer of dust.

♦ 湖上结了一~薄冰。 A thin layer of ice formed on the lake.

名level

♦ 层次

形one on top of another; overlapping

♦ 层峦叠嶂