| 单词 | cover |
| 释义 | cover (once / 20 pages) 1vn 2vn 3vn To cover something is to conceal it by putting something on top of it. In many religions, it's important for people to cover their heads in various instances. You might cover your picnic table with a bright tablecloth for a party, or cover the mirrors in your house when you're mourning a family member. Gardeners cover their beds with mulch or compost, scattering a layer on top, and painters cover dingy old paint with a fresh new coat. If a politician covers something up, he attempts to hide some mistake or wrongdoing. When cover is a noun, it can mean "a lid" or "a secret identity." WORD FAMILYcover: coverage, covered, covering, coverlet, covers, recover, uncover, undercover+/coverage: coverages/covering: coverings, uncovering/coverlet: coverlets/irrecoverable: irrecoverably/recover: recoverable, recovered, recoverer, recovering, recovers, recovery/recoverable: irrecoverable, recoverably, unrecoverable/recoverer: recoverers/recovery: recoveries/uncover: uncovered, uncovers/uncovering: uncoverings/unrecoverable: unrecoverably USAGE EXAMPLESHis biography covers a 33-year span, but he writes in scenes rather than as a chronology. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) Tuesday was the last day to qualify for the seat that covers Dallas and Perry counties. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) An adjacent seating area contains a stone bench covered by a wood frame with palm fronds. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1v provide with a covering or cause to be covered cover her face with a handkerchief cover the child with a blanket cover the grave with flowers Syn|Ant|Hypo spread over form a cover over overlayput something on top of something else expose, uncover remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body frost cover with frost frostprovide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance daub, smearcover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it roofprovide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof mulchcover with mulch turfcover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots bankcover with ashes so to control the rate of burning carpetcover with a carpet carpetcover completely, as if with a carpet board upcover with wooden boards bedaub, besmearspread or daub (a surface) barkcover with bark coat, surfaceput a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface butterspread butter on paper, wallpapercover with wallpaper canvascover with canvas papercover with paper oilcover with oil, as if by rubbing waxcover with wax veneercover with veneer greaselubricate with grease washapply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to linecover the interior of facecover the front or surface of feathercover or fit with feathers wrap, wrap uparrange or fold as a cover or protection spritzcover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it feltcover with felt pastecover the surface of cloakcover with or as if with a cloak coifcover with a coif holdcover as for protection against noise or smell jacketprovide with a thermally non-conducting cover foilcover or back with foil white out, whiteoutcover up with a liquid correction fluid flashprotect by covering with a thin sheet of metal pallcover with a pall sodcover with sod bindprovide with a binding plank, plank overcover with planks parcelcover with strips of canvas flakecover with flakes or as if with flakes recovercover anew hoodcover with a hood cowlcover with or as with a cowl clapboardcover with clapboards canopycover with a canopy breadcover with bread crumbs blinkerput blinders on (a horse) blindfoldcover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing aluminise, aluminizecover with aluminum crownput an enamel cover on sheetcover with a sheet, as if by wrapping tilecover with tiles lagcover with lagging to prevent heat loss maskput a mask on or cover with a mask block out, maskshield from light maskcover with a sauce blanketcover as if with a blanket plaster, plaster over, stick onapply a heavy coat to plasterapply a plaster cast to paintapply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil apply, put onapply to a surface laminatecover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material spraycover by spraying with a liquid brushcover by brushing frost, icedecorate with frosting smother, surroundenvelop completely enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrapenclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering sheathecover with a protective sheathing crape, crepecover or drape with crape concretecover with cement blackleadcover with graphite grasscover with grass gravelcover with gravel limecover with lime so as to induce growth mound overform mounds over strawcover or provide with or as if with straw spreadcover by spreading something over drapecover or dress loosely with cloth dustcover with a light dusting of a substance beplaster, plastercover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on steelcover, plate, or edge with steel rubber, rubberise, rubberizecoat or impregnate with rubber anodise, anodizecoat a metal with an oxide coat gelatinizecoat with gelatin dab, swab, swobapply (usually a liquid) to a surface bloodsmear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill thatchcover with thatch shinglecover with shingles skimcoat (a liquid) with a layer stuccocoat with stucco eggcoat with beaten egg encrust, incrustcover or coat with a crust dredgecover before cooking sootcoat with soot refinishgive a new surface brush onapply with a brush patinate, patinise, patinizecoat with a patina resurfacecover with a new surface crumbcoat with bread crumbs coppercoat with a layer of copper finishprovide with a finish bonderise, bonderizecoat with a substance that will prevent corrosion blacktopcoat with blacktop foliatecoat or back with metal foil galvanise, galvanizecover with zinc pavecover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic beeswaxcover with beeswax seal, varnishcover with varnish glazecoat with a glaze whitewashcover with whitewash relineprovide with a new lining revetface with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain refaceprovide with a new facing faceline the edge (of a garment) with a different material cribline with beams or planks babbittline with a Babbitt metal tarcoat with tar do upwrap for decorative purposes parcelmake into a wrapped container cerewrap up in a cerecloth shrinkwrapwrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling gift-wrapwrap (a gift) attractively shroudwrap in a shroud daubapply to a surface enrobeprovide with a coating rebindprovide with a new binding slatecover with slate tessellatetile with tesserae daub, plastercoat with plaster rendercoat with plastic or cement skimcoatcoat with a mixture of gypsum and spackle paintapply paint to; coat with paint gumcover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum dressput a dressing on creamput on cream, as on one's face or body cold-creamput cold cream on one's face puttyapply putty in order to fix or fill sponge onapply with a sponge clap on, slam on, slap onapply carelessly cementcover or coat with cement slatherspread thickly benightenvelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness gritcover with a grit platecoat with a layer of metal tubeplace or enclose in a tube capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulizeenclose in a capsule engulfflow over or cover completely sheatheenclose with a sheath invaginatesheathe cocoonwrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection bathesuffuse with or as if with light enshroud, hide, shroudcover as if with a shroud metalcover with metal macadamise, macadamize, tarmacsurface with macadam sizecover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) metalize, metallizecoat with metal platinizecoat with metallic platinum porcelainizecoat with porcelain or a porcelain-like surface zinccoat or cover with zinc 2v form a cover over The grass covered the grave Syn|Hypo|Hyper spread over flood cover with liquid, usually water bloodycover with blood mist, mist overbecome covered with mist glaciatecover with ice or snow or a glacier strewcover; be dispersed over grass, grass overcover with grass cake, coatform a coat over drown, overwhelm, submergecover completely or make imperceptible mantlecover like a mantle cloak, clothe, drape, robecover as if with clothing blanketform a blanket-like cover (over) carpetform a carpet-like cover (over) smotherform an impenetrable cover over shroudform a cover like a shroud flowcover or swamp with water deluge, inundate, submergefill or cover completely, usually with water drench, swampdrench or submerge or be drenched or submerged adjoin, contact, meet, touch be in direct physical contact with; make contact 3v cover as if with a shroud Syn|Hyper enshroud, hide, shroud enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering 4v put something on top of something else cover the meat with a lot of gravy Syn|Hypo overlay splash mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered 5v sit on (eggs) The female covers the eggs Syn|Hyper brood, hatch, incubate hatch emerge from the eggs multiply, procreate, reproduce have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant 6v spread over a surface to conceal or protect This paint covers well Hyper conceal, hide prevent from being seen or discovered 7v clothe, as if for protection from the elements cover your head! Syn|Hyper wrap up apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog provide with clothes or put clothes on 8v invest with a large or excessive amount of something She covered herself with glory Hyper empower, endow, endue, gift, indue, invest give qualities or abilities to 9v hide from view or knowledge The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House Syn|Hypo|Hyper cover up gloss over, hush up, sleek over, whitewash cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error conceal, hide prevent from being seen or discovered 10v make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities Syn|Hyper compensate, overcompensate insure, underwrite protect by insurance compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up adjust for 11v play a higher card than the one previously played Smith covered again Hyper play put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game 12n a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something under cover of darkness Syn|Hypo|Hyper concealment, covert, screen blind a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters) camouflagedevice or stratagem for concealment or deceit shojia translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper stalking-horsescreen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game covering an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) 13n a natural object that covers or envelops the fox was flushed from its cover Syn|Hypo|Hyper covering, natural covering scale a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals shellthe hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod testa hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins body coveringany covering for the body or a body part case, sheathan enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part integumentan outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell blanket, mantleanything that covers crust, encrustation, incrustationa hard outer layer that covers something envelopea natural covering (as by a fluid) cap, hooda protective covering that is part of a plant indument, indumentuma covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect roofthe inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space shella rigid covering that envelops an object eggshell, shellthe exterior covering of a bird's egg skima thin layer covering the surface of a liquid sloughany outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) snowcapa covering of snow (as on a mountain peak) vesturesomething that covers or cloaks like a garment peridiumouter layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi pericarp, seed vesselthe ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary chlamys, floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigoniumcollective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils sac, thecaa case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule indusiuma membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern barktough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants hide, pelt, skinbody covering of a living animal feather, plumage, plumethe light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds protective coveringthe tough natural covering of some organisms fish scalescale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish squamaa protective structure resembling a scale valveone of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods valvethe entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs scallop shella shell of a scallop oyster shella shell of an oyster phragmacone, phragmoconethe thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite thecaouter sheath of the pupa of certain insects loricaa hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example) seashellthe shell of a marine organism clamshellthe shell of a clam cutis, skin, tegumenta natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch exuviaecast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis haira covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss headfula covering over the surface of your head medullary sheath, myelin sheatha layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers neurilemma, neurolemmathin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber epicraniumthe muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium exoskeletonthe exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs calculus, tartar, tophusan incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums epicarp, exocarpoutermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape mesocarpthe middle layer of a pericarp endocarp, pit, stonethe hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed capsulea dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses cinnamon, cinnamon barkaromatic bark used as a spice Chinese cinnamon, cassia barkaromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark cinnamon barkaromatic bark of Saigon cinnamon used medicinally as a carminative magnoliadried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine bur, burrseed vessel having hooks or prickles tanbarkbark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering mezereumthe dried bark of the shrub mezereon canella, canella bark, white cinnamonhighly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic fallsthe petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris) Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, cinchona, cinchona barkmedicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine cascarilla bark, eleuthera bark, sweetwood barkaromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense huskouter membranous covering of some fruits or seeds cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem barkdried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative winter's barkaromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties tapa, tapa bark, tappa, tappa barkthe thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus angostura, angostura barkthe bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters corkouter bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. cork, phellem(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells natural object an object occurring naturally; not made by man 14n the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft Syn|Hyper covering, masking, screening concealing, concealment, hiding the activity of keeping something secret 15n covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container) put the cover back on the kettle Syn|Hypo|Hyper top cap a top (as for a bottle) lida movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc. manhole covera flush iron cover for a manhole (as in a street) screwtopthe top of a container that must be screwed off and on bottlecapa cap that seals a bottle nipplea flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier radiator capcap on the opening in the top of a radiator through which a coolant liquid can be added trunk lidhinged lid for a trunk covering an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) 16n the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book Syn|Hypo|Hyper back, binding, book binding half binding book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another three-quarter bindingthe spine and much of the sides are a different material from the rest of the cover protection, protective cover, protective covering a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury 17n bedding that keeps a person warm in bed he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep Syn|Hypo|Hyper blanket afghan a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl electric blanketa blanket containing and electric heating element that can be controlled to the desired temperature by a rheostat Mackinaw blanket, mackinawa thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States mantaa blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl security blanketa blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding coverings that are used on a bed 18n a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent) 2her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment Hyper concealing, concealment, hiding the activity of keeping something secret 1v include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory this should cover everyone in the group Syn|Hyper comprehend, embrace, encompass address, deal, handle, plow, treat act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression include have as a part, be made up out of 2v span an interval of distance, space or time The period covered the turn of the century This farm covers some 200 acres Syn|Hypo|Hyper continue, extend cross, span, sweep, traverse to cover or extend over an area or time period sweepcover the entire range of overlapextend over and cover a part of overspread, spreadspread across or over ridgeextend in ridges constellate, dot, studscatter or intersperse like dots or studs rakesweep the length of imbricateoverlap transgressspread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline be occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere 3v be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism The cub reporter covered New York City Syn|Hyper report inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to 4v act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression The course covered all of Western Civilization Syn|Hypo|Hyper address, deal, handle, plow, treat do by, handle, treat interact in a certain way comprehend, embrace, encompassinclude in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory theologise, theologize treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character discourse, discuss, talk aboutto consider or examine in speech or writing descanttalk at great length about something of one's interest talk shopdiscuss matters that are related to work broach, initiate bring up a topic for discussion 5v travel across or pass over The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day Syn|Hypo|Hyper cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse tramp cross on foot stridecover or traverse by taking long steps walktraverse or cover by walking crisscrosscross in a pattern, often random fordcross a river where it's shallow bridgecross over on a bridge jaywalkcross the road at a red light drive, takeproceed along in a vehicle coursemove swiftly through or over hoptraverse as if by a short airplane trip go across, go through, pass go across or through 6v copulate with a female, used especially of horses The horse covers the mare Syn brood, hatch, incubate sit on (eggs) 7n a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else 3they made a cover of a Beatles' song Syn|Hyper cover song, cover version recording a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded 1v provide for The grant doesn't cover my salary Hyper fulfil, fulfill, live up to, satisfy meet the requirements or expectations of 2v be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of Is this enough to cover the check? Hyper be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 3v help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week Hyper deputise, deputize, step in, substitute act as a substitute 4v maintain a check on; especially by patrolling The second officer covered the top floor Syn|Hyper report be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something 5v be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game Hyper protect shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage 6v protect or defend (a position in a game) he covered left field Hypo|Hyper double-team cover with two defensive players protect shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage 7v hold within range of an aimed firearm Syn|Hyper continue, extend span an interval of distance, space or time protect shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage 8v to take an action to protect against future problems Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself Syn|Hyper insure, underwrite protect by insurance protect shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage 9v protect by insurance The insurance won't cover this Syn|Hypo|Hyper insure, underwrite compensate, overcompensate make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities reinsure insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk indemnifysecure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for guarantee, warrant stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of 10n fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal Syn|Hyper covering fire fire, firing the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy 11n a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink Syn|Hyper cover charge fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) |
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