layer

/ˈleɪər/

意味: 層、重なり

例文: Lena painted a layer of glowing mist.
　　  レナは光る霧の層を描いた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: thin layer(薄い層), top layer(上層), protective layer(保護層)

定義: 物や物質が重なっている状態の一つの部分。層は、例えばケーキのスポンジとクリームのように、異なる材料が重なっているときに使われます。層は、地層や衣服の重ね着など、自然や人工のものにも見られます。

layerは約40,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
Noun: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
Noun: an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
Noun: a hen that lays eggs
Noun: thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
Verb: make or form a layer

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The cake has a chocolate layer on top.(ケーキの上にチョコレートの層がある。)
She added a new layer of paint yesterday.(彼女は昨日、新しい塗装の層を加えた。)
Clouds formed a thick layer in the sky.(空に厚い雲の層ができた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
Noun: a good actor communicates on several levels
Noun: a simile has at least two layers of meaning
Noun: the mind functions on many strata simultaneously
Verb: layer the different colored sands

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bed, layer, level, stratum

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): artifact, hen, place, region, shape, structure

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): aerospace, air, alveolar bed, americana, anachronism, antiquity, apodeme, article, aster, atmosphere, ball, beat, belt, biosphere, black hole, blade, block, bony labyrinth, bottom, bridge, brood hen, building material, bulb, button, cackler, calyculus, capsule, carina, cartilaginous structure, carve, cast, cauda, cavity, centromere, chiasma, chip, cingulum, commodity, concha, cone, cornu, corona, costa, county, covering, creation, cut out, cytoskeleton, decker, decoration, deep space, depth, distance, eden, electroplate, excavation, extra, extremity, fabric, facility, filament, fixture, float, fold, fundus, funiculus, germ, gill arch, gill slit, glans, grind, gyrus, handbuild, head, heliosphere, hell, hill, horny structure, infundibulum, insert, inside, instrumentality, intergalactic space, interplanetary space, interstellar space, interstice, ionosphere, kuiper belt, lacrimal apparatus, landmark, layer, lemon, lens nucleus, level, limbus, line, machine, mare, marker, membranous labyrinth, model, mother hen, mound, mystification, neural structure, nucleolus organizer, opening, outside, pad, padding, papua, passage, paving, peristome, plate, plaything, plexus, preform, puddle, pullet, radicle, radius, ready-made, receptor, reshape, restoration, rib, root, rotator cuff, roughcast, sculpt, sheet, side, sign of the zodiac, sind, sinter, skeletal structure, sphere, square, squeaker, stamp, strip, structure, surface, swage, syrinx, thing, throw, tooth, top, track, tube, uvea, vacuum, valve, vascular structure, way, weight, zodiac, zone

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): asthenosphere, backing, blanket, blastoderm, cell wall, chromosphere, course, crust, cushion, exosphere, hydrosphere, hypodermis, interlayer, lift, lithosphere, lower mantle, mantle, mesosphere, overlay, ozone layer, ply, snow, stratosphere, stratum, surface, thermosphere, tier, tropopause, troposphere, upper mantle, wall

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: lay, layer

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): er

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: