cover
[NOUN, VERB]
covers
1. [C 可数名词] 套子
A cover is something which is put over an object, usually in order to protect it.
双语例句
例：a sofa with washable covers.
一张沙发套可拆洗的沙发。
2. [C 可数名词] 封面
The cover of a book or a magazine is the outside part of it.
双语例句
例：a small book with a green cover.
一本绿色封面的小册子。
3. [U 不可数名词] 掩护
Cover is protection from enemy attack that is provided for troops or ships carrying out a particular operation, for example, by aircraft.
近义词
protection
双语例句
例：They could not provide adequate air cover for ground operations.
他们无法为地面作战行动提供足够的空中掩护。
4. [U 不可数名词] 掩蔽处
Cover is trees, rocks, or other places where you shelter from the weather or from an attack, or hide from someone.
近义词
shelter
双语例句
例：Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover.
查尔斯点燃了导火索，大家跑向掩蔽处。
5. [U 不可数名词] （保险）保障
Insurance cover is a guarantee from an insurance company that money will be paid by them if it is needed.
近义词
双语例句
例：Make sure that the firm's insurance cover is adequate.
要确保该公司的保险保障是足够的。
6. [C 可数名词] 掩护
Something that is a cover for secret or illegal activities seems respectable or normal, and is intended to hide the activities.
近义词
双语例句
例：He ran a construction company as a cover for drug dealing.
他经营了一家建筑公司，作为毒品交易的掩护。
7. [PL 复数] 床上盖具
The covers on your bed are the things such as sheets and blankets that you have on top of you.
近义词
bedclothes
双语例句
例：She set her glass down and slid under the covers.
她放下杯子，钻进了被子。
NOUN. 名词
cover up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 把…盖上
If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
双语例句
例：He fell asleep in the front room so I covered him up with a duvet.
他在前屋睡着了，所以我给他盖上了一床羽绒被。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 隐藏 , 掩盖
If you cover up something that you do not want people to know about, you hide the truth about it.
双语例句
例：He suspects there's a conspiracy to cover up the crime.
他怀疑有掩盖这桩罪行的阴谋。
例：They knew they had done something terribly wrong and lied to cover it up.
他们知道已犯下了大错，并撒谎来掩盖这一错误。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
take cover
1. 躲避
If you take cover, you shelter from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.
近义词
双语例句
例：Shoppers took cover behind cars as the gunman fired.
持枪歹徒开枪时，购物者们都躲到了汽车后面。
under cover of
1. 在…的掩护下
If you do something under cover of a particular situation, you are able to do it without being noticed because of that situation.
双语例句
例：They move under cover of darkness.
他们在黑夜的掩护下行进。
PHRASE. 习语
covers , covering , covered
1. [T 及物动词] 盖
If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
双语例句
例：Cover the casserole with a tight-fitting lid.
用紧实的盖子把砂锅盖住。
例：He whimpered and covered his face.
他掩面哭泣。
2. [T 及物动词] 盖住
If one thing covers another, it has been placed over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
双语例句
例：His finger went up to touch the black patch which covered his left eye.
他的手指抬起来去摸盖在他左眼上的黑眼罩。
3. [T 及物动词] 覆盖
If one thing covers another, it forms a layer over its surface.
双语例句
例：The clouds had spread and covered the entire sky.
乌云铺开，遮蔽了整个天空。
4. [T 及物动词] 铺盖
To cover something with or in something else means to put a layer of the second thing over its surface.
双语例句
例：The desk was covered with papers.
书桌上铺了些报纸。
5. [T 及物动词] 走过（一段距离）
If you cover a particular distance, you travel that distance.
双语例句
例：It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol.
要靠那点儿汽油跑10英里可不容易。
6. [T 及物动词] 给···保险
An insurance policy that covers a person or thing guarantees that money will be paid by the insurance company in relation to that person or thing.
双语例句
例：Their insurer paid the $900 bill, even though the policy did not strictly cover it.
他们的保险公司赔付了他们900美元，尽管保单并没有严格保到此项。
7. [T 及物动词] 适用于
If a law covers a particular set of people, things, or situations, it applies to them.
双语例句
例：The law covers four categories of experiments.
这一原理适用于4类试验。
8. [T 及物动词] 论及
If you cover a particular topic, you discuss it in a lecture, course, or book.
近义词
deal with
双语例句
例：Introduction to Chemistry aims to cover important topics in organic chemistry.
《化学入门》旨在论述有机化学的重要问题。
9. [T 及物动词] 足够支付
If a sum of money covers something, it is enough to pay for it.
双语例句
例：Send it to the address given with $2.50 to cover postage and administration.
把这封信寄到所给地址，并附上2.50美元以支付邮资和手续费。
10. [I 不及物动词] 包庇
If you cover for someone who is doing something secret or illegal, you give false information or do not give all the information you have, in order to protect them.
双语例句
例：Why would she cover for someone who was trying to kill her?
她为何要包庇那个试图要杀死她的人呢？
11. [I 不及物动词] 代替
If you cover for someone who is ill or away, you do their work for them while they are not there.
双语例句
例：She did not have enough nurses to cover for those who were sick.
她没有足够的护士来代替她们生病的同事工作。
VERB. 动词
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