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  *层* | 层* | *层
to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers
HSK 2
high-rise / high level; high class
HSK 6
basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer
HSK 7-9
social class
HSK 7-9
ground floor; first floor / lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc)
HSK 7-9
thermocline
top floor / the top of a building
data link layer
transport layer
upper layer
mesoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
cortex
lamination / layering / stratification / delamination
hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine
protective layer / coating
double tier / double decker
the coating of sth that has been chrome-plated or copper-plated etc
deep layer / deep; deep-seated; underlying
middle-ranking
germ layer / layer of tissue in embryology
layer upon layer
single layer / single story / single deck / single level
multilayered / multilevel / multistory
underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate
rock strata
internal layer
a coal bed / a coal seam
outer layer / outer shell
stratum (geology)
natural layer (in an archaeological dig)
fault (geology) (CL:) / (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional
ore stratum / vein of ore
stratum corneum (outermost layer of the skin)
tightly packed / closely layered
layer (imaging)
variant of 岩層|岩层 / rock strata
(meteorology) stratosphere
ground floor / first floor
golden British shorthair (cat)
silver British shorthair (cat)
data link layer
(meteorology) the atmosphere; atmospheric layer
repeated layers / stratified / laminated / stacked / piled strata
split-level (home)
layer
duplex (apartment)
(meteorology) thermosphere
lamina / lamella / lamination
valency shell (chemistry)
network layer
the clouds / cloud layer / cloud bank
salaried class
sublayer
low level
(meteorology) mesosphere
stratosphere
ionosphere
aquifer
cladding / covering (on a fiber)
(meteorology) troposphere
(architecture) basement level 1; floor B1
link layer
ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy
first floor / ground floor
trophoblastic layer (attaches fertilized ovum to the uterus) / trophoderm
boundary layer
strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another
cultural layer (in an archaeological dig)
alluvial deposit / alluvium
permafrost / tundra / layer of frozen soil
rock stratum
physical layer
ectoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
application layer (computing)
the sun's corona
normal fault (geology)
thermosphere (nonstandard synonym of 熱層|热层)
magnetosphere / magnetic layer
social class
San Andreas Fault, California / also written 聖安德列斯斷層|圣安德列斯断层
thermocline / troposphere (nonstandard synonym of 對流層|对流层)
(geology) asthenosphere
(meteorology) mesosphere
MAC layer
endoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
coherent sheaf (math.)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (computing)
synchronous digital hierarchy / SDH
layer of soil / ground level
layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology)
(meteorology) thermosphere
physical layer (OSI)
vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
layered / stratified
exosphere
floor; story (of a building)
alluvium (soil deposited by rivers)
dermis
Sial
sima (geology) / silicon and magnesium layer in earth's crust

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