covers

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v.  掩蔽; 遮盖; 盖; 覆盖; 撒上，洒上，溅上(一层液体、尘土等)
n.  覆盖物; 掩蔽物; 套子; 罩子; 躲避处; 避难所; 庇护所; (书刊的)封面，封皮
cover的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 遮盖;掩蔽
  If youcoversomething, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  1. Cover the casserole with a tight-fitting lid...
     用大小合适的盖子盖住砂锅。
  2. He whimpered and covered his face...
     他掩面抽泣。
  3. Keep what's left in a covered container in the fridge.
     把剩下的食物装入带盖的容器，放进冰箱。
• VERB 盖在…上面;铺在…上面
  If one thingcoversanother, it has been placed over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  1. His finger went up to touch the black patch which covered his left eye...
     他伸手去触摸遮住左眼的黑眼罩。
  2. His head was covered with a khaki turban.
     他头上包着卡其布的穆斯林头巾。
• VERB 盖;覆盖;遮住
  If one thingcoversanother, it forms a layer over its surface.
  1. The clouds had spread and nearly covered the entire sky...
     云彩扩散开来，几乎遮住了整个天空。
  2. Two oil slicks are covering a total area of seven square miles...
     两层浮油漂浮在7平方英里的区域上。
  3. The desk was covered with papers...
     桌子上摆满了公文。
  4. I looked in the mirror and saw that my face was covered in blood.
     我照了照镜子，看见自己满脸是血。
• VERB 用…遮盖;把…铺在…上
  Tocoversomethingwithorinsomething else means to put a layer of the second thing over its surface.
  1. The trees in your garden may have covered the ground with apples, pears or plums...
     你花园里的果树也许已经落了一地的苹果、梨或李子。
  2. She covered the walls with the signs of the zodiac.
     她在墙上贴满了十二星座的标志。
• VERB 行走(一段路程)
  If youcovera particular distance, you travel that distance.
  1. It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol...
     就那么点儿汽油很难开10英里。
  2. It covered the distance in 28 hours compared with the train's six days.
     它走这一段要用28小时，与之相比火车要用6天。
• VERB (用枪等)掩护
  Tocoversomeone or something means to protect them from attack, for example by pointing a gun in the direction of people who may attack them, ready to fire the gun if necessary.
  1. You go first. I'll cover you.
     你先撤，我掩护你。
• N-UNCOUNT (飞机等的)掩护，防护
  Coveris protection from enemy attack that is provided for troops or ships carrying out a particular operation, for example by aircraft.
  1. They said they could not provide adequate air cover for ground operations.
     他们声称无法为地面军事行动提供充分的空中掩护。
• N-UNCOUNT 躲避处;避难所;庇护所
  Coveris trees, rocks, or other places where you shelter from the weather or from an attack, or hide from someone.
  1. Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover.
     查尔斯点燃了***，他们便赶紧四处躲避。
  2. ...barren wastes of field with no trees and no cover.
     没有树木和其他遮蔽物的荒芜之地
• VERB 给…保险
  An insurance policy thatcoversa person or thing guarantees that money will be paid by the insurance company in relation to that person or thing.
  1. Their insurer paid the £900 bill, even though the policy did not strictly cover it...
     虽然严格来讲保险单并不包含这一项，他们的保险公司还是支付了那张900英镑的账单。
  2. These items are not covered by your medical insurance...
     这些项目不在你的医保范围之内。
  3. You should take out travel insurance covering you and your family against theft.
     你应该为自己和家人办理旅游保险以防偷盗。
• N-UNCOUNT (保险公司的)保险
  Insurancecoveris a guarantee from an insurance company that money will be paid by them if it is needed.
  1. Make sure that the firm's insurance cover is adequate.
     确保该公司上了足够的保险。
• VERB (法律)适用于，涉及
  If a lawcoversa particular set of people, things, or situations, it applies to them.
  1. The law covers four categories of experiments...
     该法规适用于4类试验。
  2. Like any other commodity, pedigree dogs are covered by the Sale of Goods Act.
     像其他商品一样，纯种狗的买卖同样受《货物买卖法》的约束。
• VERB (在演讲、课程或书中)讨论，涉及
  If youcovera particular topic, you discuss it in a lecture, course, or book.
  1. The Oxford Chemistry Primers aim to cover important topics in organic chemistry...
     《牛津化学初级读本》丛书旨在论述有机化学中的重要问题。
  2. Other subjects covered included nerves and how to overcome them.
     所涉及的其他主题包括焦虑及如何克服。
• VERB 报道
  If journalists, newspapers, or television companiescoveran event, they report on it.
  1. Robinson was sent to Italy to cover the 1990 World Cup...
     鲁宾逊被派到意大利报道1990年的世界杯比赛。
  2. The US news media will cover the trial closely.
     美国新闻媒体将对该审判进行追踪报道。
• VERB (钱)足以支付，够付
  If a sum of moneycoverssomething, it is enough to pay for it.
  1. Send it to the address given with £1.50 to cover postage and administration...
     将它寄到指定地址，并附上1.50英镑以支付邮资和管理费。
  2. Those figures might not even cover the cost of breakages.
     那笔钱甚至都不够赔偿破损费。
• N-COUNT 覆盖物;套子;罩子;盖子
  Acoveris something which is put over an object, usually in order to protect it.
  1. ...a family room with washable covers on the furniture.
     家具上套有可清洗外罩的家庭娱乐室
  2. ...a duvet cover.
     羽绒被罩
• N-PLURAL 被子;毯子;床单;床罩
  Thecoverson your bed are the things such as sheets and blankets that you have on top of you.
  1. She set her glass down and slid farther under the covers.
     她放下杯子，钻进被子里。
• N-COUNT (书刊的)封面，封皮
  Thecoverof a book or a magazine is the outside part of it.
  1. A few years ago, David Byrne was on the cover of Time magazine.
     几年前，大卫·拜恩曾登上《时代》周刊的封面。
  2. ...a small spiral-bound booklet with a green cover...
     有绿色封皮的螺旋装订的活页小册子
  3. I used to read every issue from cover to cover.
     以前我每一期都会从头读到尾。
• N-COUNT (对秘密或违法之事的)掩盖，掩饰
  Something that is acoverfor secret or illegal activities seems respectable or normal, and is intended to hide the activities.
  1. They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery...
     他们建立起一座为淫秽活动作掩护的假寺庙。
  2. As a cover story he generally tells people he is a freelance photographer.
     为掩饰身份，他一般对外称自己是一名自由摄影师。
• VERB (通过提供假信息或不完全的信息来)遮掩，掩盖，包庇
  If youcover forsomeone 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.
  1. Why would she cover for someone who was trying to kill her?
     她为什么要包庇想要杀她的人呢？
• VERB 代替，顶替(某人工作)
  If youcover forsomeone who is ill or away, you do their work for them while they are not there.
  1. She did not have enough nurses to cover for those who went ill or took holiday.
     她没有足够的护士来顶替那些生病或休假的人工作。
• VERB 翻唱(歌曲)
  Tocovera song originally performed by someone else means to record a new version of it.
  1. He must make a decent living from other artists covering his songs.
     其他艺术家翻唱他的歌曲，一定使他过上了收入颇为可观的生活。
• N-COUNT 同 cover version
  Acoveris the same as acover version.
  1. The single is a cover of an old Rolling Stones song.
     这支单曲是滚石乐队的一首老歌的翻唱。
• See also:coveredcovering
• PHRASE 揭露，揭示(真实身份或工作的真实性质)
  Toblowsomeone'scovermeans to cause their true identity or the true nature of their work to be revealed.
  1. Asking those kind of questions could blow my cover...
     问那种问题会暴露我的身份。
  2. The young man looked embarrassed, as if he were a spy whose cover had been blown.
     那个年轻人看起来局促不安，就好像他是一个身份暴露的间谍一样。
• PHRASE (通常为到达另一地点)离开隐蔽处，冲出躲藏处
  If youbreak cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
  1. They began running again, broke cover and dashed towards the road.
     他们又开始跑，离开隐蔽处朝公路冲去。
• PHRASE 躲避(炮火、轰炸或坏天气)
  If youtake cover, you shelter from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.
  1. Shoppers took cover behind cars as police marksmen returned fire.
     警方的射击手开火回击时，购物者们躲在汽车后面。
• PHRASE 在…的遮掩下(躲避炮火轰炸、坏天气等)
  If you areunder cover, you are under something that protects you from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.
  1. 'Get under cover!' shouted Billy, and we darted once more for the tables.
     “躲起来！”比利喊道，我们便又一次冲向桌子。
• PREP-PHRASE 在…的掩护下
  If you do somethingunder cover ofa particular situation, you are able to do it without being noticed because of that situation.
  1. They move under cover of darkness.
     他们在黑暗的掩护下行进。
• PHRASE 保护自己(免受批评、谴责等);辩解
  If youcoveryourbackorcoveryourrear, you do something in order to protect yourself, for example against criticism or against accusations of doing something wrong.
  1. The canny Premier covered his back by pointing out that he was of Scottish stock.
     精明狡猾的首相辩解说自己是苏格兰血统。
• PHRASE 同 cover your back
  Coveryourassmeans the same ascoveryourback.
  1. Just play it safe, cover your ass, keep your head down.
     要谨慎行事，保护好自己并保持低调。

双语例句

• The term 'special needs' covers a wide spectrum of problems.
  “特殊需求”一词包含的问题范围很广。
• Covers were laid for eight.
  摆好了八副餐具。
• The time span of one human life covers at most a hundred years.
  人生的跨度充其量百年而已。
• The sea covers nearly three-fourths of the earth's surface.
  海洋几乎占地球表面的四分之三。
• Folk art covers a wide range.
  民间艺术包罗甚广。
• We have liability coverage, which covers only damages and injuries we cause to other people and property.
  我们购买了责任险，只涵盖我们对他人和财产造成的损害和伤害。
• Her novels have just been reissued with eye-catching new covers.
  她的小说刚进行了重印，新封面非常抢眼。
• This examination is divided into two parts and covers the following subjects.
  这次考查分两个部分，包括下列科目。
• Her portraits appeared on several covers of the magazines.
  她的肖像刊登在几家杂志的封面上。
• Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers
  当地政府提供的保育服务只有少数上班族母亲才能够享受到。