3N-SING [NOUNof n](不好的情感、性质等的)弥漫,充斥 You can refer to something such as an unpleasant emotion or an undesirable quality that seems to affect every aspect of a particular situation as a blanket of that emotion or quality. (不好的情感、性质等的)弥漫,充斥 [literary]
It seems as if the blanket of depression is in some way necessary to help them blot out the even greater pain of real life.
5ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]通用的;全面的;无一例外的 You use blanket to describe something when you want to emphasize that it affects or refers to every person or thing in a group, without any exceptions. 通用的;全面的;无一例外的 [emphasis]
There's already a blanket ban on foreign unskilled labour in Japan.
日本已经全面禁止国外非熟练工入境。
...the blanket coverage of the Barcelona Olympics.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + BLANKET | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤heavy, thick厚毛毯▸➤thin薄毛毯▸➤warm暖和的毛毯➤soft柔軟的毛毯➤wool, woollen/woolen羊毛毯▸➤electric電熱毯➤security (oftenfigurative) 安樂毯;帶來安全感的事物◇He takes his security blanket with him everywhere.他走到哪裏都帶着自己的安樂毯。◇For her, money was like a security blanket.對她來說,錢就是心理保障。VERB + BLANKET➤cover sb with, drape over sb/sth, tuck around sb, wrap sb in用毛毯蓋住某人;用毛毯包裹某人▸➤draw up, pull up拉上毛毯◇She pulled the blanket up and went to sleep.她拉上毛毯進入了夢鄉。➤kick off, push off, throw off蹬掉/推開/掀掉毛毯➤clutch, grab緊抓/搶奪毛毯➤spread out鋪開毛毯PREPOSITION➤beneath a/the blanket, under a/the blanket在毛毯下面◇They shivered under their thin blankets.他們在薄薄的毛毯下瑟瑟發抖。PHRASES➤a wet blanket (figurative) 掃興的人◇I hate to be a wet blanket, but I thought the show was terrible.我不想潑冷水,可是我覺得這場演出太糟糕了。