地上覆盖着积雪，冻成了又硬又厚的壳。

The snow lay on the ground, frozen into a thick, hard crust.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 地上 dìshang
  1. on the ground
  2. on the floor
2 覆盖 fùgài to cover
=3 着 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=3 着 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=3 着 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=3 着 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
4 积雪 jīxuě
  1. snow
  2. snow cover
  3. snow mantle
5 冻 dòng
  1. to freeze
  2. to feel very cold
  3. aspic or jelly
6 成了 chéngle
  1. to be done
  2. to be ready
  3. that's enough!
  4. that will do!
7 又 yòu
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway
8 硬 yìng
  1. hard; stiff; solid
  2. (fig.) strong; firm
  3. resolutely; uncompromisingly
  4. laboriously; with great difficulty
  5. good (quality); able (person)
  6. (of food) filling; substantial
9 又 yòu
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway
10 厚 hòu
  1. thick
  2. deep or profound
  3. kind
  4. generous
  5. rich or strong in flavor
  6. to favor
  7. to stress
=11 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=11 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=11 的 dí really and truly
=11 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=12 壳 qiào variant of 壳 qiào
=12 壳 ké
  1. (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc)
  2. case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
=12 壳 qiào
  1. (bound form) shell
  2. Taiwan pr. ké