英语词汇“covert”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

covert

adjective /ˈkʌvət

/ /ˈkəʊvəːt

Not openly acknowledged or displayed: covert operations against the dictatorship...

It may include dramatic strikes visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success.
This seems to have been the thinking behind the reported covert operation to eliminate the leader in the mid-1990s.
It's all about covert operations and leaving as little evidence and traces as possible.

Synonyms

secret, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, stealthy, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hole-in-the-corner, closet, behind-the-scenes, backstairs, back-alley, under-the-table, hugger-mugger, concealed, hidden, private;

sly, sneaky, underhand;

undercover, underground;

Military black

informal hush-hush

noun /ˈkʌvət

/ /ˈkʌvə

1A thicket in which game can hide.I couldn't help but admire the beautifully laid out game crops and newly-planted coverts....

So hunts moved into direct land management, buying and planting small pieces of rough scrub as coverts.
Landowners who did not hunt were still expected to plant and maintain gorse coverts.

2 Ornithology A feather covering the base of a main flight or tail feather of a bird.The flight feathers are black, and the upper tail coverts and rump area are cobalt blue....

The name of these birds comes from the vivid red coloring of the wing coverts.
The bird was black above with a white eyebrow and limited white on the wing coverts.

3 rare A flock of coots: it is a good omen when a covert of coots have taken to any particular locality...

When we reached this place the smew had joined a covert of coots.
Large coverts of coots frequent the open waters.
A covert of coots floats among the posts.

Derivatives

covertness

noun ...

It will be an action which would use our strengths, which are intelligence, covertness, the ability to strike quickly and surgically.
At one time, journalistic ethics did not admit of such covertness.
‘This is kind of weird meeting like this,’ I said as I looked around the room referring to the covertness.

Origin

Middle English (in the general senses 'covered' and 'a cover'): from Old French, 'covered', past participle of covrir (see cover).

单词	covert
释义	covert adjective /ˈkʌvət / /ˈkəʊvəːt / Not openly acknowledged or displayed: covert operations against the dictatorship... It may include dramatic strikes visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success. This seems to have been the thinking behind the reported covert operation to eliminate the leader in the mid-1990s. It's all about covert operations and leaving as little evidence and traces as possible. Synonyms secret, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, stealthy, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hole-in-the-corner, closet, behind-the-scenes, backstairs, back-alley, under-the-table, hugger-mugger, concealed, hidden, private; sly, sneaky, underhand; undercover, underground; Military black informal hush-hush noun /ˈkʌvət / /ˈkʌvə / 1A thicket in which game can hide.I couldn't help but admire the beautifully laid out game crops and newly-planted coverts.... So hunts moved into direct land management, buying and planting small pieces of rough scrub as coverts. Landowners who did not hunt were still expected to plant and maintain gorse coverts. 2 Ornithology A feather covering the base of a main flight or tail feather of a bird.The flight feathers are black, and the upper tail coverts and rump area are cobalt blue.... The name of these birds comes from the vivid red coloring of the wing coverts. The bird was black above with a white eyebrow and limited white on the wing coverts. 3 rare A flock of coots: it is a good omen when a covert of coots* have taken to any particular locality... When we reached this place the smew had joined a covert of coots. Large coverts of coots frequent the open waters. A covert of coots floats among the posts. Derivatives covertness noun ... It will be an action which would use our strengths, which are intelligence, covertness, the ability to strike quickly and surgically. At one time, journalistic ethics did not admit of such covertness. ‘This is kind of weird meeting like this,’ I said as I looked around the room referring to the covertness. Origin Middle English (in the general senses 'covered' and 'a cover'): from Old French, 'covered', past participle of covrir* (see cover). Rhymes lovat
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covert

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covertness

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