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单词 covert
释义
Covert
nnoun.groupa flock of coots
Hypernyms:flock
Inherited Hypernyms:covertflockanimal groupbiological groupgroupabstractionentity
Member Meronyms:coot
nnoun.artifacta covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
Synset:concealment cover screen
Examples:
  • a screen of trees afforded privacy
  • under cover of darkness
  • the brush provided a covert for game
  • the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
Derivationally Related Form:cover
Hypernyms:covering
Inherited Hypernyms:screencoveringartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:blindcamouflageshojistalking-horse
Full Hyponyms:
blindcamouflageshojistalking-horse
adjadj.allsecret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
Examples:
  • covert actions by the CIA
  • covert funding for the rebels
Antonyms:overt
Derivationally Related Form:covertness
Inherited Hypernyms:covert
Similar to:backstair backstairs furtive black clandestine cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner hugger-mugger hush-hush secret surreptitious undercover underground cloaked disguised masked collusive conniving secret secret behind-the-scenes sub-rosa under-the-table subterranean subterraneous ulterior under wraps undisclosed unrevealed
See also:concealed implicit inexplicit invisible unseeable
adj satadj.all(of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
Topic:jurisprudencelaw
Examples:
  • a woman covert
Antonyms:unprotected
Inherited Hypernyms:covert
Similar to:protected
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