| 单词 | umbrella |
| 释义 | umbrella —umbrellaless, adj. —umbrellalike, adj. /um brel"euh/, n. 1. a light, small, portable, usually circular cover for protection from rain or sun, consisting of a fabric held on a collapsible frame of thin ribs radiating from the top of a carrying stick or handle. 2. the saucer- or bowl-shaped, gelatinous body of a jellyfish; bell. 3. something that covers or protects from above, as military aircraft safeguarding surface forces: an air umbrella. 4. any general kind of protection: a price umbrella. 5. something, as an organization or policy, that covers or encompasses a number of groups or elements. adj. 6. shaped like or intended to perform the function of an umbrella. 7. having the quality or function of covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items, elements, or groups: an umbrella organization; umbrella coverage in an insurance policy. [1600-10; 1965-70 for def. 7; < It ombrella, earlier var. of ombrello < LL umbrella, alter. (with influence of L umbra shade) of L umbella sunshade. See UMBEL] |
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