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🔑covercov·er1 /ˈkʌvər / verb ➤hide / protect隐藏；保护- cover sb / sth (up) (with sth) [transitive] to put something on or in front of something in order to hide or protect it遮盖；遮蔽◆Could you cover the food and put it in the refrigerator?请你把食物盖上放到冰箱里好吗？◆She couldn't look anymore and covered her eyes.她再也看不下去，捂住了眼睛。◆She was asleep on the couch, so he covered her up with a blanket.她在沙发上睡着了，于是他给她盖了一条毯子。
➤spread over surface覆盖- [transitive] to be across or over the surface of something覆盖；盖◆Snow covered the ground.积雪覆盖着大地。
- cover sb / sth in / with sth [transitive] to form a layer on someone or something使蒙上；使布满◆A car went through the puddle and covered me with mud.一辆汽车开过水洼，溅了我一身泥。
➤include包括- [transitive] to include or to deal with something包括；涉及◆Part-time workers are not covered by the law.这条规章不适用于兼职人员。◆The course covered both North and South American history.这门课涵盖了北美和南美历史。
➤money钱- [transitive] to be enough money for something足够支付；够付◆Will $20 cover your expenses?20 美元够你支付费用吗？
➤distance / area距离；面积- [transitive] to travel a certain distance走过，驶过（一段距离）◆We covered about 500 miles that day.那天我们走了大约 500 英里。
- [transitive] to fill or be spread over the area mentioned充满；布满；遍及◆The smoke from the fire now covers about 15,000 square miles.大火产生的烟雾弥漫了大约 15,000 平方英里。
➤report news报道新闻- [transitive] to report on an event for television, a newspaper, etc.报道；播放◆All the papers covered the election in depth.所有报纸都深入报道了这次选举。
➤for someone某人- cover for sb [intransitive] to do someone's job while they are away from work顶班；顶替◆I'm covering for Matt while he's on vacation.马特度假去了，我在给他顶班。
➤with insurance保险- cover sb / sth against / for sth [transitive] (
business商业) to protect someone or something by insurance给…保险◆The insurance policy covers us for any damage to our property.这份保单为我们财产的任何损失提供保险。◆The policy even covers your lawn furniture (= it is insured).这份保单的保障范围甚至包括了你们的户外家具。
 ●cover / touch all the basesto consider and deal with all the things that could happen or could be needed when you are arranging something考虑周到；安排周详◆I am confident that this contract covers all the bases.我确信这份合同把方方面面都涵盖周全了。  ●cover (sth) upto prevent people from hearing about a mistake or something bad隐瞒，掩盖（错误或坏事）◆The police have been accused of trying to cover up the facts of the case.警方被指控试图隐瞒该案的真相。●cover up for sbto hide a person's mistakes or crimes in order to protect him / her隐瞒某人的错误（或罪行）；包庇◆His wife covered up for him when the police questioned them.警察审问他们的时候，他妻子包庇了他。
🔑covercov·er2 /ˈkʌvər / noun - [countable] something that is put on or over something, especially in order to protect it覆盖物；遮盖物；罩子◆a plastic cover for a computer计算机的塑料罩
- [countable] the outside part of a book or magazine（书刊的）封面，封皮◆I can't remember the title of the book, but I know it has a green cover.我不记得那本书的书名了，但我知道封面是绿色的。◆I read the magazine from cover to cover (= from beginning to end).我从头到尾读了这本杂志。
- the covers [plural] the sheets, blankets,etc. that cover someone in bed床单；床罩；毯子；被子◆She pulled the covers off him and said, “Get up!”她掀开他的被子说道：“起床了！”
- [uncountable] shelter or protection from the weather, damage, etc.躲避处；庇护所；掩护◆When the storm started, we took cover in a hotel lobby.暴风雨来的时候，我们躲进了一家酒店的大堂。◆The soldiers had no cover and were easy targets.士兵们没有任何掩护，很容易成为攻击目标。
- [countable, usually singular] a cover (for sth) something that hides the real nature of something, especially something illegal（尤指对违法事情的）掩盖，掩饰，遮掩◆The whole company was just a cover for all kinds of criminal activities.整个公司不过是为各种犯罪活动做掩护的幌子而已。
●under cover of sthhidden by something; not noticed because of something在…掩护下◆They attacked under cover of darkness.他们在夜幕的掩护下发动了攻击。 |