lay‧er 1 S3 W3 AC / leɪə $ -ər / 名词 [可数名词]

1 an amount or piece of a material or substance that covers a surface or that is between two other things

layer of

A thick layer of dust lay on the furniture.

The moon was shining through a thin layer of cloud.

He pulled off layer upon layer of clothing (= many layers of clothing ) .

in layers

Arrange the peppers, garlic and tomatoes in layers. → ozone layer

2 one of several different levels in a complicated organization, system, set of ideas etc

layer of

We are operating with fewer layers of management.

There are multiple layers of meaning in the story.

the multi-layered nature of organizations (= they have many layers )