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单词 blanket
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blanket

noun
 
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
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    a large cover, often made of wool, used especially on beds to keep people warm
    • It’s cold tonight—can I have another blanket?
    • The baby was wrapped in a blanket.
    see also electric blanket
    Extra Examples
    • She pulled the blanket up and went to sleep.
    • They shivered under their thin blankets.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • heavy
    • thick
    • thin
    • …
    verb + blanket
    • cover somebody with
    • drape over somebody/​something
    • tuck around somebody
    • …
    preposition
    • beneath a/​the blanket
    • under a/​the blanket
    phrases
    • a wet blanket
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    [usually singular] blanket of something a thick layer or mass of something
    • a blanket of fog/snow/cloud
    • (figurative) The trial was conducted under a blanket of secrecy.
    see also wet blanket
    Extra Examples
    • The sun was breaking through the blanket of mist.
    • The walls were covered in blankets of ivy.
    Topics Weatherc1
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (denoting undyed woollen cloth): via Old Northern French from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.

blanket

adjective
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
[only before noun]
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  1. including or affecting all possible cases, situations or people
    • a blanket ban on tobacco advertising
    • a blanket refusal
    • What I object to most is the blanket opposition to change.
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting undyed woollen cloth): via Old Northern French from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.

blanket

verb
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
[often passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they blanket
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
he / she / it blankets
/ˈblæŋkɪts/
/ˈblæŋkɪts/
past simple blanketed
/ˈblæŋkɪtɪd/
/ˈblæŋkɪtɪd/
past participle blanketed
/ˈblæŋkɪtɪd/
/ˈblæŋkɪtɪd/
-ing form blanketing
/ˈblæŋkɪtɪŋ/
/ˈblæŋkɪtɪŋ/
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  1. blanket something to cover something completely with a thick layer
    • The ground was soon blanketed with snow.
    • Deposits of ash blanket the lower slopes of the mountain.
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting undyed woollen cloth): via Old Northern French from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.
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