無法掩蓋:cover的用法綜述
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Spread?out!?We're?being?attacked!
Take?cover!
Shoot!
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一、你知道cover有幾種含義嗎?
n.
1.覆蓋物;套子,罩子,蓋子;被子,毯子,床單,床罩 [C]
He took the cover off the font, and put his white gloves in it.
他揭開圣水器的蓋子,把自己的白手套放了進(jìn)去。
2.封面,封皮 [C]
The pretty girl on the cover of the pictorial is just a sales gimmick.
畫報的封面上印上美女不過是吸引顧客的一種營銷噱頭。
3.躲避處,避難所,庇護(hù)所 [U]
Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover.
查爾斯點(diǎn)燃了導(dǎo)火索,他們便趕緊四處躲避。
4.保險 [U]
Do you have cover against theft?
你有防盜保險嗎?
5.掩蓋,掩飾;隱蔽,遮蔽 [C]
I don't have any cover to persuade me that I'm not missing him.
我找不到一個能說服我不想念他的借口。
v.
1.蓋,覆蓋,遮住,遮蓋,掩蔽,蓋在…上面,鋪在…上面 [I,T]
It may freeze tonight, so make sure the plants are covered.
今晚大概會有霜凍,一定要把花草都遮蓋好。
2.遮掩,掩蓋,包庇 [I,T]
He laughed to cover his nervousness.
他大笑以掩飾自己緊張的心情。
3.適用于,討論,涉及,包括 [T]
You can raise your prices so as to cover us with a certain percentage.
你可以提高你們的價格以便包含一定比例的我們的費(fèi)用。
4.行走 [T]
I'll cover sector three.
我會經(jīng)過3區(qū)。
5.采訪,報導(dǎo) [T]
They cover issues that receive little attention by mainstream media.
他們報導(dǎo)不受主流媒體關(guān)注的議題。
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二、詞義辨析:哪些詞還表示“遮蓋物”呢?
cover, lid
這兩個名詞都有“蓋子,遮蓋物”之意。
cover泛指所有的遮蓋物。包括蓋子或書籍、雜志的封面等。
lid通常指可以揭開的如箱蓋、壇蓋、壺蓋等蓋子。
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三、你知道cover和哪些詞更搭嗎?
cover for
v. 代替
cover up
掩飾,遮掩,掩蓋,包括
air cover
空中掩護(hù),航測成圖地區(qū)
cloud cover
n.云量
四,你掌握cover的用法了嗎?來做個測試吧!
這部新詞典皮革封面上裝飾著金字。
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