单词 | covered |
释义 | coveredcov‧ered /ˈkʌvəd $ -ərd/ adjective ![]() ![]() EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto be covered with something► be covered in/with/by Collocations if something is covered in , with , or by something, it has that substance lying all over the top of it or spread all over it: · The ground was covered with snow.· Look at your clothes! They're covered in mud.· His face was covered by a thick black beard with tiny flecks of gray in it. ► be coated in/with if an object is coated in or is coated with a liquid or soft substance, it has a layer of that substance all over its surface: · Serve the chicken with new potatoes coated in butter. ► be encrusted in/with especially written to be covered with something thick and hard that is difficult to remove: · He took off his gloves, which were deeply encrusted with dirt.mud/dirt/blood etc encrusted (=covered with mud, dirt, blood etc): · Evan reached into the pocket of his mud-encrusted jacket and drew out a map. ► be plastered in/with to be covered thickly with something such as mud, especially in a way that looks unpleasant: · He looked at his garden tools, old and plastered with mud.· Her face was plastered in make-up. ► be caked in/with to be covered with something thick and hard, especially mud: · The children were caked in mud from head to toe.· When the police found him, his shoes were missing and his hands were caked with dried blood. ► be shrouded in mist/smoke etc be covered and hidden in mist etc -- used especially in literature: · I looked back, but the shore was shrouded in mist. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be covered in blood Word family· His face was covered in blood. ► be covered with dirt· The kitchen floor was covered with dirt. ► be covered in dust· Everything was filthy and covered in dust. ► be covered in flowers (=have flowers on every part)· The fields were covered in wild flowers. ► be covered in fog· The mountains were covered in fog. ► be covered in forest· The mountain slopes were covered in forest. ► be covered in frost· The lawn was covered in frost. ► be covered in ice· Our driveway was covered in ice. ► be covered by insurance (=be included in an insurance policy)· Flood damage isn't covered by the insurance. ► be covered in mist (also be shrouded in mist literary)· The tops of the mountains were shrouded in mist. ► be covered by a scheme (=be able to benefit from a scheme)· All employees are covered by the new bonus scheme. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► market· Greater Bayonne has most of the town's shops, the covered market, and the cathedral.· Looking rather black and wrinkled, it's now the property of Feller's the Butcher's in Oxford's covered market.· And there is the covered market.· Yet there are people who see the stones throw distance from there to the covered market as an intolerable distance.· At any other time, the sights, sounds and smells of the covered market would have delighted her.· Many continue the tradition of a market day; others established permanent, covered markets in the last century. ► walkway· The hotel is built around a nineteenth-century palace, with covered walkways to the modern bedroom wings.· A covered walkway, already damp with footprints, led under the Midwest Highway that cut the city like a blade. WORD FAMILYnouncovercoveragecoveringadjectiveundercovercovered ≠ uncoveredverbcover ≠ uncoveradverbundercover 1having a roof: ![]() ![]() |
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