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cover
kʌvəʳ ˈkʌvər
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense covers, present participle covering, past tense , past participle covered
1 VERB

遮蓋;掩蔽 If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it. 遮蓋;掩蔽

  • Cover the casserole with a tight-fitting lid. [VERB noun + with]

    用大小合適的蓋子蓋住砂鍋。

  • He whimpered and covered his face. [VERB noun]

    他掩面抽泣。

  • Keep what's left in a covered container in the fridge. [VERB-ed]

    把剩下的食物裝入帶蓋的容器，放進冰箱。

2 VERB

蓋在…上面;鋪在…上面 If one thing covers another, it has been placed over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it. 蓋在…上面;鋪在…上面

  • His finger went up to touch the black patch which covered his left eye. [VERB noun]

    他伸手去觸摸遮住左眼的黑眼罩。

  • His head was covered with a khaki turban. [be VERB-ed + with]

    他頭上包着卡其布的穆斯林頭巾。

SYN conceal, cover up, screen, hide
3 VERB

蓋;覆蓋;遮住 If one thing covers another, it forms a layer over its surface. 蓋;覆蓋;遮住

  • The clouds had spread and nearly covered the entire sky. [VERB noun]

    雲彩擴散開來，幾乎遮住了整個天空。

  • Two oil slicks are covering a total area of seven square miles. [VERB noun]

    兩層浮油漂浮在7平方英裏的區域上。

  • The desk was covered with papers. [be V-ed + with/in]

    桌子上擺滿了公文。

  • I looked in the mirror and saw that my face was covered in blood. [be V-ed with/in n]

    我照了照鏡子，看見自己滿臉是血。

SYN overlay, blanket, eclipse, mantle
-covered

  • ...chocolate-covered biscuits.

    有巧克力外層的餅幹

4 VERB

用…遮蓋;把…鋪在…上 To cover something with or in something else means to put a layer of the second thing over its surface. 用…遮蓋;把…鋪在…上

  • The trees in your garden may have covered the ground with apples, pears or plums. [V n + with/in]

    你花園裏的果樹也許已經落了一地的蘋果、梨或李子。

  • She covered the walls with the signs of the zodiac. [V n with/in n]

    她在牆上貼滿了十二星座的標志。

5 VERB

行走(一段路程) If you cover a particular distance, you travel that distance. 行走(一段路程)

  • It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol. [VERB noun]

    就那麽點兒汽油很難開10英裏。

  • It covered the distance in 28 hours compared with the train's six days. [VERB noun]

    它走這一段要用28小時，與之相比火車要用6天。

SYN travel over, cross, traverse, pass through or over
6 VERB

(用槍等)掩護 To cover someone or something means to protect them from attack, for example by pointing a gun in the direction of people who may attack them, ready to fire the gun if necessary. (用槍等)掩護

  • You go first. I'll cover you. [VERB noun]

    你先撤，我掩護你。

SYN protect, guard, defend, shelter
7 N-UNCOUNT

(飛機等的)掩護，防護 Cover is protection from enemy attack that is provided for troops or ships carrying out a particular operation, for example by aircraft. (飛機等的)掩護，防護

  • They said they could not provide adequate air cover for ground operations.

    他們聲稱無法爲地面軍事行動提供充分的空中掩護。

8 N-UNCOUNT

躲避處;避難所;庇護所 Cover is trees, rocks, or other places where you shelter from the weather or from an attack, or hide from someone. 躲避處;避難所;庇護所

  • Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover.

    查爾斯點燃了導火索，他們便趕緊四處躲避。

  • ...barren wastes of field with no trees and no cover.

    沒有樹木和其他遮蔽物的荒蕪之地

SYN protection, shelter, shield, refuge
9 VERB

給…保險 An insurance policy that covers a person or thing guarantees that money will be paid by the insurance company in relation to that person or thing. 給…保險

  • Their insurer paid the £900 bill, even though the policy did not strictly cover it. [VERB noun]

    雖然嚴格來講保險單並不包含這一項，他們的保險公司還是支付了那張900英鎊的賬單。

  • These items are not covered by your medical insurance. [VERB noun]

    這些項目不在你的醫保範圍之内。

  • You should take out travel insurance covering you and your family against theft. [VERB noun + against]

    你應該爲自己和家人辦理旅遊保險以防偷盜。

SYN insure, compensate, provide for, offset
10 N-UNCOUNT

(保險公司的)保險 Insurance cover is a guarantee from an insurance company that money will be paid by them if it is needed. (保險公司的)保險

  • Make sure that the firm's insurance cover is adequate.

    確保該公司上了足夠的保險。

SYN insurance, payment, protection, compensation
11 VERB

(法律)適用於，涉及 If a law covers a particular set of people, things, or situations, it applies to them. (法律)適用於，涉及

  • The law covers four categories of experiments. [VERB noun]

    該法規適用於4類試驗。

  • Like any other commodity, pedigree dogs are covered by the Sale of Goods Act. [VERB noun]

    像其他商品一樣，純種狗的買賣同樣受《貨物買賣法》的約束。

SYN deal with, refer to, provide for, take account of
12 VERB

(在演講、課程或書中)討論，涉及 If you cover a particular topic, you discuss it in a lecture, course, or book. (在演講、課程或書中)討論，涉及

  • The Oxford Chemistry Primers aim to cover important topics in organic chemistry. [VERB noun]

    《牛津化學初級讀本》叢書旨在論述有機化學中的重要問題。

  • Other subjects covered included nerves and how to overcome them. [VERB-ed]

    所涉及的其他主題包括焦慮及如何克服。

13 VERB

報道 If journalists, newspapers, or television companies cover an event, they report on it. 報道

  • Robinson was sent to Italy to cover the 1990 World Cup. [VERB noun]

    魯賓遜被派到意大利報道1990年的世界杯比賽。

  • The US news media will cover the trial closely.

    美國新聞媒體將對該審判進行追蹤報道。

SYN report on, write about, commentate on, give an account of
14 VERB

(錢)足以支付，夠付 If a sum of money covers something, it is enough to pay for it. (錢)足以支付，夠付

  • Send it to the address given with £1.50 to cover postage and administration. [VERB noun]

    將它寄到指定地址，並附上1.50英鎊以支付郵資和管理費。

  • Those figures might not even cover the cost of breakages. [VERB noun]

    那筆錢甚至都不夠賠償破損費。

SYN pay for, fund, provide for, offset
15 N-COUNT [oft n NOUN]

覆蓋物;套子;罩子;蓋子 A cover is something which is put over an object, usually in order to protect it. 覆蓋物;套子;罩子;蓋子

  • ...a family room with washable covers on the furniture.

    家具上套有可清洗外罩的家庭娛樂室

  • ...a duvet cover.

    羽絨被罩

16 N-PLURAL

被子;毯子;床單;床罩 The covers on your bed are the things such as sheets and blankets that you have on top of you. 被子;毯子;床單;床罩

  • She set her glass down and slid farther under the covers.

    她放下杯子，鑽進被子裏。

SYN bedclothes, bedding, sheet, blanket
17 N-COUNT

(書刊的)封面，封皮 The cover of a book or a magazine is the outside part of it. (書刊的)封面，封皮

  • A few years ago, David Byrne was on the cover of Time magazine.

    幾年前，大衛·拜恩曾登上《時代》周刊的封面。

  • ...a small spiral-bound booklet with a green cover.

    有綠色封皮的螺旋裝訂的活頁小冊子

  • I used to read every issue from cover to cover.

    以前我每一期都會從頭讀到尾。

SYN jacket, case, binding, wrapper
18 N-COUNT [usually singular]

(對秘密或違法之事的)掩蓋，掩飾 Something that is a cover for secret or illegal activities seems respectable or normal, and is intended to hide the activities. (對秘密或違法之事的)掩蓋，掩飾

  • They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery. [+ for]

    他們建立起一座爲淫穢活動作掩護的假寺廟。

  • As a cover story he generally tells people he is a freelance photographer.

    爲掩飾身份，他一般對外稱自己是一名自由攝影師。

19 VERB

(通過提供假信息或不完全的信息來)遮掩，掩蓋，包庇 If you cover for someone who is doing something secret or illegal, you give false information or do not give all the information you have, in order to protect them. (通過提供假信息或不完全的信息來)遮掩，掩蓋，包庇

  • Why would she cover for someone who was trying to kill her? [VERB + for]

    她爲什麽要包庇想要殺她的人呢？

20 VERB

代替，頂替(某人工作) If you cover for someone who is ill or away, you do their work for them while they are not there. 代替，頂替(某人工作)

  • She did not have enough nurses to cover for those who went ill or took holiday. [VERB + for]

    她沒有足夠的護士來頂替那些生病或休假的人工作。

21 VERB

翻唱(歌曲) To cover a song originally performed by someone else means to record a new version of it. 翻唱(歌曲)

  • He must make a decent living from other artists covering his songs. [VERB noun]

    其他藝術家翻唱他的歌曲，一定使他過上了收入頗爲可觀的生活。

22 N-COUNT

同 cover version A cover is the same as a cover version . 同 cover version

  • The single is a cover of an old Rolling Stones song. [+ of]

    這支單曲是滾石樂隊的一首老歌的翻唱。

23 See also:

covered  covering 
24 PHRASE

揭露，揭示(真實身份或工作的真實性質) To blow someone's cover means to cause their true identity or the true nature of their work to be revealed. 揭露，揭示(真實身份或工作的真實性質) [informal]

  • Asking those kind of questions could blow my cover.

    問那種問題會暴露我的身份。

  • The young man looked embarrassed, as if he were a spy whose cover had been blown.

    那個年輕人看起來局促不安，就好像他是一個身份暴露的間諜一樣。

25 PHRASE

(通常爲到達另一地點)離開隐蔽處，沖出躲藏處 If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place. (通常爲到達另一地點)離開隐蔽處，沖出躲藏處

  • They began running again, broke cover and dashed towards the road.

    他們又開始跑，離開隐蔽處朝公路沖去。

26 PHRASE

躲避(炮火、轟炸或壞天氣) If you take cover, you shelter from gunfire, bombs, or the weather. 躲避(炮火、轟炸或壞天氣)

  • Shoppers took cover behind cars as police marksmen returned fire.

    警方的射擊手開火回擊時，購物者們躲在汽車後面。

27 PHRASE

在…的遮掩下(躲避炮火轟炸、壞天氣等) If you are under cover, you are under something that protects you from gunfire, bombs, or the weather. 在…的遮掩下(躲避炮火轟炸、壞天氣等)

  • 'Get under cover!' shouted Billy, and we darted once more for the tables.

    “躲起來！”比利喊道，我們便又一次沖向桌子。

28 PREP-PHRASE

在…的掩護下 If you do something under cover of a particular situation, you are able to do it without being noticed because of that situation. 在…的掩護下

  • They move under cover of darkness.

    他們在黑暗的掩護下行進。

29 PHRASE

保護自己(免受批評、譴責等);辯解 If you cover your back or cover your rear, you do something in order to protect yourself, for example against criticism or against accusations of doing something wrong. 保護自己(免受批評、譴責等);辯解

  • The canny Premier covered his back by pointing out that he was of Scottish stock.

    精明狡猾的首相辯解說自己是蘇格蘭血統。

30 PHRASE [VERB inflects]

同 cover your back Cover your ass means the same as cover your back . 同 cover your back [informal, rude]

  • Just play it safe, cover your ass, keep your head down.

    要謹慎行事，保護好自己並保持低調。

Phrasal verbs:

cover up
ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesauruscover Also look up:
VERB.

conceal, drape, hide, screen; (ant.) uncover 1 2 3

guard, protect 6

insure 9

Word PartnershipUse cover with:
N.

cover your face 1 2

PREP.

covered in something 4

under cover 27

VERB.

run for cover 7

take cover 26

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