1 a piece of clothing that you wear over your other clothes to keep warm when you are outside 外套；大衣: Put your coat on -- it's cold outside. 外面冷，把外套穿上吧。 ☞Look at overcoat and raincoat. 参看overcoat及raincoat。 ☞picture on page C6 见C6页插图

2 the fur or hair covering an animal's body （动物的）皮毛: a dog with a smooth coat 皮毛光滑的狗

3 a layer of sth covering a surface 覆盖层；表层: The walls will probably need two coats of paint. 墙壁很可能需要上两道漆。