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a substance made from glass powder that is melted onto metal, pots, etc. and forms a hard shiny surface to protect or decorate them; an object made from enamel 搪瓷；珐琅；搪瓷制品 a chipped enamel bowl 掉瓷的搪瓷碗 a handle inlaid with enamel 有珐琅镶饰的把手 an exhibition of enamels and jewellery 搪瓷艺术品和珠宝首饰展览
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the hard white outer layer of a tooth （牙齿的）珐琅质，釉质 - (also enamel paint)[uncountable, countable]
a type of paint that dries to leave a hard shiny surface 瓷漆；瓷釉
Word Originlate Middle English (originally as a verb; formerly also as inamel): from Anglo-Norman French enamailler, from en- ‘in, on’ + amail ‘enamel’, ultimately of Germanic origin.