Coat the table - top with a thin layer of varnish.

把桌面涂上薄薄一层亮漆。

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This "horseshoe" was coated with varnish and a layer of copper wire was wrapped around it.

他把一根铁棒弯成了马蹄铁型，在马蹄铁上涂了清漆并在上面绕了一层铜导线。

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It seems a layer of varnish added later to protect the work is in fact turning the yellow to a greyish-orange colour.

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He painted directly onto this surface, often in acrylics, sometimes brushing on a layer of darkening varnish before the paint cured.

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The purpose was to determine not only what was in the samples in terms of atoms and molecules, but also the precise structures in the interface layer between the original paint and the varnish.

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