Wafer

['weɪfə] or ['wefɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist).

(noun.) a small thin crisp cake or cookie.

(noun.) a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters.

乔治娜手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.

(n.) A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.

(n.) An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents.

(v. t.) To seal or close with a wafer.

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解釋/意思:

n. a thin round cake of unleavened bread usually stamped with a cross an Agnus Dei the letters I.H.S. &c. used in the Eucharist in the R.C. Church: a thin leaf of coloured paste for sealing letters &c.: a thin cake of paste used to facilitate the swallowing of powders.—v.t. to close with a wafer.—n. Wā′fer-cake.—adj. Wā′fery like a wafer.

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