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词汇 cover
释义 cover
verb
uk /ˈkʌv.ər/ us /ˈkʌv.ɚ/

coververb (PLACE OVER)


A2[ T ]
to put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something: 盖上;覆盖;遮盖;遮蔽
The light was so bright that I had to cover my eyes.灯光太亮,我只好遮住眼睛。
Snow covered the hillsides.白雪覆盖了山坡。
cover someone with somethingShe covered him with a blanket.
cover someone up with somethingMy parents would cover me up with a quilt and I slept in the back of the car.
cover something with somethingCover the meat with a layer of cheese.在肉上铺一层奶酪。
cover something in somethingThey had covered all the furniture in plastic to keep it clean.
Related word
covered
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to put something over someone or something
coverI covered her with a blanket to keep her warm.
spreadI spread peanut butter on my bread.
smother something in/with somethingThe chicken was absolutely smothered in butter sauce.
coatCoat the cherries in chocolate.
plasterHis laptop cover was completely plastered with stickers.
cakeHis shoes were caked in mud.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to lie on the surface of someone or something
coverSnow covered the ground.
overlayClicking this button will overlay your map with satellite images of the terrain.
blanketThe fields were blanketed with early-morning mist.
enshroudThe mountaintops were enshrouded in a thick veil of cloud.
buryThe shed was completely buried by rubble.
be carpeted with somethingThe aisle was carpeted with rose petals.
Can't you just cover the mark with a dab of paint?
Tropical rain forests used to cover 10% of the earth's surface.
Wear something that covers your arms and legs to protect against mosquitos.
She covered every wall in her bedroom with posters of her favourite pop star.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Covering and adding layers
additive
asphalt
bestrew
bind
blanket
blindfold
bury
fall over
film
film over
gum
gum something up
inlaid
retile
retread
seasoned
slap
slap something on
smother something in/with something
tent

coververb (DEAL WITH)


B1[ T ]
to deal with or direct attention to something: 处理;涉及;包括;针对
This leaflet covers what we've just discussed in more detail.这本小册子有我们刚才讨论问题的更多细节。
Do these parking restrictions cover residents as well as visitors?这些停车限制对住户和访客同样适用吗?
The salesman's territory covers the whole of the southeast.这名销售员的业务覆盖整个东南部。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to be about something
be aboutWhat is the story about?
have (got) to do withWhat's that got to do with it?
relate toThat relates to what I was saying earlier about the need for reform.
concernThe film concerns the complicated nature of marriage.
coverWe will cover the passive voice later in the course.
deal withWe will deal with the use of antidepressants in chapter three.
The magazine covers a broad range of subjects, from sewing to psychology.那份杂志涉及内容范围广泛,从缝纫到心理学无所不包。
The existing laws covering libel in this country are thought by many to be inadequate.很多人认为,这个国家现行的有关诽谤罪的法律很不完善。
The Official Secrets Act covers everything from nuclear weapons to army boots.
Is there a course that covers Italian sculpture from the 14th to the 17th century?
I'd like to know how to clean it, but the instruction booklet doesn't seem to cover that kind of thing.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Regarding and concerning
about
apply to
apropos
apropos of something
around
as
connection
deal with someone
department
hereof
in respect of somethingidiom
in the brain, looks, etc. departmentidiom
into
range
say
something
thereof
towards
vis-à-vis
wise

coververb (REPORT)


C1[ T ]
to report the news about a particular important event: 报道
She's covering the American election for BBC television.她在为英国广播公司的电视台报道美国大选。
The story wasn't covered on the national news.
He was in Greece covering the Olympics.
He was sent to Russia to cover the elections there.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

News reporting & the press
ambulance chaser
breaking news
bury the ledeidiom
citizen journalism
correspondent
dispatch
hit the headlinesidiom
hot off the pressidiom
investigative journalism
investigative journalist
journalism
journalist
pap
paparazzo
photojournalism
photojournalist
press baron
scoop
the Associated Press
the Press Association

coververb (PROTECT)


C1[ T ]
(of insurance) to protect someone against loss, damage, accident, or having something stolen:
cover someone for somethingDoes your travel insurance cover you for the loss or theft of cash?
cover someone against somethingThese policies do not cover you against kidnap and terrorism.
Related word
covered
 cover yourself
to do something to protect yourself from blame or criticism in the future: (做某事以)保护自己的利益,不让别人抓住小辫子
I kept copies of my expense receipts, just to cover myself.我把花费的票据都复印保留了一份,免得让人挑出毛病。
Make sure you take notes of the meeting, just to cover yourself.
He claimed to be following up on information from an informant to cover himself while illegally accessing confidential information.
We believe that some employees doctored their schedules to cover themselves.
She covered herself by making sure she always had someone else present in the room when she talked to the defendant.
Does our insurance cover us for accidental damage?
If you crashed the car, you wouldn't be covered on my insurance.
The policy doesn't cover anything taken outside the home.
Their medical insurance doesn't cover cosmetic surgery.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Insurance
actuarial
assessor
assurance
assure
bancassurance
broking
burial society
comprehensive
comprehensive insurance
health coverage
indemnification
indemnify
insurable
life assurance
mature
non-network
third-party insurance
underwriter
uninsurable
uninsured

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Defending and protecting

coververb (TRAVEL)


B2[ T ]
to travel a particular distance: 行,走过(一段路程)
We covered 400 km in three hours.3个小时我们赶了400公里。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Travelling
around Robin Hood's barnidiom
backpack
bag drop
bourne
bum
bum around
communication
commuting
connection
hitch
move
negotiate
public transport
Robin Hood
shuttle
super-commuting
taken
transoceanic
visa
well travelled

coververb (BE/GIVE ENOUGH)


C1[ T ]
to be or give enough money to pay for something: 足够支付
cover the cost The selling price barely covered the cost of the raw materials.销售价刚刚够抵付原材料费。
cover expensesFor some writers, having to cover expenses like meals and travel makes it unaffordable to speak at book festivals.
Their small budget had to cover everything from staff costs to buying furniture.
He charged them rent in order to cover his mortgage payments.
Her godmother offered to cover her tuition fees.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Enough
'nuff said
adequacy
adequate
adequately
close enough for government workidiom
enough
go
go round
good
hold
hydrated
respectable
respectably
satiable
say
suffice
suffice (it) to sayidiom
sufficiency
sufficient
sufficiently

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Paying money

coververb (GIVE PROTECTION)


[ T ]
to aim a gun or shoot at someone to try to stop them from shooting or escaping, or to protect someone else: 以枪瞄准(以防射击或逃跑);(用枪炮)掩护
The police officer was covered by her colleagues while she ran towards the gunman's hideout.警察在她同伴的掩护下奔向持枪歹徒藏身之处。
[ T ]
When soldiers or police officers cover a place such as a road or building, they are in a position from which they can watch and defend it: 守住;封锁(道路、建筑物等)
All the exits are covered, so they can't escape.所有出口都被封锁了,所以他们插翅难逃。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Guns
blaster
cannon
cannonade
cannonball
caught in crossfire
discharge
go off
gunnery
gunpoint
gunsmith
kick
machine gun
plug
pot
salvo
semi-automatically
semiautomatic
shoot someone down
shoot up
shooter

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Defending and protecting

coververb (SPORTS)


[ T ]US(UKmark)
to prevent a member of the opposing team from taking control of the ball by staying close to them all the time: (球类团体比赛中)盯防
The Bullets kept assigning different players to cover him.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

General terms used in ball sports
aggregate score
assist
attacking
back pass
backhanded
bend
hat trick
indirect free kick
interception
kicker
launch angle
lay someone off
loft
pitch
square ball
stiff-arm
stroke
swat
takeaway
tap in

coververb (DO SOMEONE'S JOB)


[ I or T ]
to do someone else's job or duty when they are absent: 代替,顶替(某人的工作或职责)
cover something for someoneI'm going to the doctor's tomorrow, so do you think you could cover my shift for me?明天我要去看医生,你能顶我的班吗?
cover forSorry, I'm already covering for someone else.抱歉,我已经在帮别人顶班了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Replacing and exchanging
alternate
alternatively
bargain something away
behalf
change over
compensation
instead of
lieu
make up for something
name
novate
shoe
someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom
spare
sub out something
substitutability
substitutable
substitute
substitution
substitutive

coververb (RECORD)


[ T ]
to make a recording of a song or tune that has already been recorded by someone else: 转录(歌曲等);翻唱
I think more singers have covered "Yesterday" than any other song.我想翻唱《昨日》的歌手人数超过其他任何一首歌的翻唱人数。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Recording sounds and images
analogue
audiovisual
balance
binaural
binaurally
cut
deepfake
digitally
fast-forward
low-resolution
misrecord
mix
monophonically
play something back
postproduction
prerecord
remaster
rewind
sample
videotape

Idioms


cover all the bases
cover someone's back
cover your back
cover your backside/behind/rear
cover your tracks

Phrasal verb


cover something up
cover
noun
uk /ˈkʌv.ər/ us /ˈkʌv.ɚ/

covernoun (SOMETHING PLACED OVER)


B1[ C ]
something that is put on or over something else, usually to protect it, to keep something in, etc.: 盖子;罩子;遮盖物;覆盖物
I keep my computer printer under a protective plastic cover.我用塑料保护罩盖住电脑打印机。
Remove the packaging and pierce the plastic cover before microwaving.去掉包装,扎破保护膜,然后用微波炉加热。
B1[ C ]
the stiff outside part of a book or magazine, usually made of thick paper or cardboard: (书或杂志的)封面,封底
Who should we put on the cover of the magazine this month?本月我们杂志的封面人物该上谁呢?
Paperback books have soft covers.平装书用软书皮。
 read something from cover to cover
to read a book, magazine, etc. all the way through from the beginning to the end: 把…从头读到尾
On Sundays, I stay in bed all morning and read the paper from cover to cover.
[ C ]Indian English
an envelope信封
 send something under plain coverUKformal
to send something in a plain envelope:
These are the type of books that are generally sent under plain cover.
 send something under separate coverformal
to send something in a separate envelope:
I'll send my CV along under separate cover.
 covers[ plural ]
the blankets, sheets, etc. on a bed: 床罩;床毯;床单
Martha threw back the covers and bounced out of bed.玛莎掀掉毯子,跳下床来。
The book has a diagonal black stripe on the cover.该书的封面上有一道黑色斜纹。
I'll use this material to make some new chair covers.
She levered up the drain cover and looked inside.
She puts a plastic cover was over her keyboard to keep the dust off.
Do you have a protective cover over the mattress?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Coverings and layers
a blanket of somethingidiom
beeswax wrap
blanket
brazen
casing
diaphragm
interstratify
lagging
lamella
lamellar
lamellate
rind
seam
sheath
shellac
space blanket
strata
stratum
substratum
varnish

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Books & parts of books

covernoun (PROTECTION)


C1[ U ]
shelter or protection in an unpleasant or dangerous situation: 掩蔽处;遮蔽处;保护
take cover We took cover from the storm in a bus shelter.我们在公交车站躲避暴风雨。
under cover ofThe burglar broke into the house under cover of darkness.窃贼在夜幕掩护下闯进那所房子。
[ U ]
plants, especially bushes, that are used as shelter by animals(尤指动物藏身的)覆盖植物,灌木丛
[ U ]
protection by someone who has a gun: (被持枪的人)掩护;保护
cover fromWe needed more cover from the enemy aircraft.我们需要更多掩护以躲避敌人的空袭。
C1[ U ]UK(UScoverage)
financial protection so that you get money if something bad happens: 保险(范围)
cover forI've got £20,000 worth of cover for the contents of my house.我为家里的东西投了价值2万英镑的保险。
Do you have cover for accidental damage?你保了意外损伤险了吗?
Synonym
insurance
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Defending and protecting
air defence
anti-bug
anti-mosquito
baby
bandobast
cocoon
duck
duck and coveridiom
embedded
featherbedding
fight back
hedge
insulate
poisonous
security camera
security light
self-protective
self-protectiveness
shelter
smother

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Safe & enclosed spaces
Protection and protectors
Insurance

covernoun (SONG)


[ C ](alsocover version)
a performance or recording of a song or tune that has already been recorded by someone else: 转录(歌曲等);翻唱
How many cover versions have been made of "My Way"?《我的路》有多少个翻唱版本?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Copying and copies
anti-counterfeiting
anti-piracy
ape
biomimicry
blueprint
emulatively
emulous
emulously
faux
forge
pattern yourself on someone/something
photocopiable
photocopy
photostat
photostatic
transcript
unduplicated
virtualization
warmed-over
Xerox

covernoun (CRICKET)


[ U ] sports specialized
in cricket, the position of a fielder (= a player who tries to stop the other team from scoring by stopping or catching the ball) which is in front of the batter (= the player hitting the ball) on the off side (= the side of the field opposite the side where the batter stands):
The ball was athletically fielded at cover.
He was caught at cover from a mistimed drive.
 covers[ plural ]
in cricket, the large area of the field which is in front of the batter (= a player who tries to hit the ball) on the off side (= the side of the field opposite the side where the batter stands):
He usually fields in the covers.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cricket
12th man
all out
all-rounder
arm ball
asking rate
batting
declaration
eleven
hook
infield
jaffa
king pair
late cut
leg break
stonewall
strike rate
sundries
switch-hit
tail
tailender

cover | American Dictionary


cover
verb
us/ˈkʌv·ər/

coververb (PLACE OVER)


[ T ]
to put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something:
Once the rice comes to a boil, turn down the flame and cover the pot.
She covered the child with a blanket.
[ T ]
If something covers an area of a particular size, it is equal to an area of that size:
Grand Canyon National Park covers over a million acres.

coververb (TRAVEL)


[ T ]
to travel a particular distance:
We covered 600 miles in the last two days.
fig. Her lecture covered a lot of ground, from Renaissance art to modern art.

coververb (INCLUDE)


[ T ]
to deal with or include someone or something:
The travel guide covers all the museums and historic places.

coververb (REPORT)


[ T ]
to report or write about a particular subject for a newspaper, magazine, television, or radio:
Harold covers sports for the Times, and Joan covers real-estate developments.

coververb (BE ENOUGH)


[ T ]
to be enough money to pay for:
Will $150 cover your expenses?

coververb (PROTECT)


[ T ]
to protect someone or something from financial loss, damage, accident, or having something stolen; to insure:
Our car insurance covers us up to $250,000 for personal injury.

coververb (DO JOB)


[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
to do a job or duty for someone who is absent:
Can you cover for me while I'm at the dentist on Monday?

coververb (TAKE CARE OF)


[ T ]
to deal with or take care of something:
Could you cover the phones while I’m away from the office?

Idioms


cover (all) the bases
(from) cover to cover
cover your tracks

Phrasal verbs


cover for someone/something
cover up (something)
cover
noun
us/ˈkʌv·ər/

covernoun (SHELTER)


[ U ]
shelter or protection, esp. in a dangerous situation:
Folks heard the storm was coming and took cover.

covernoun (PLACE OVER)


[ C ]
something that is placed over something, often for protection, or that lies over something else to form a layer:
I keep my computer printer under a plastic cover.
[ C ]
The cover of a book or magazine is the stiff, outside part of it, usually made of thick paper or cardboard.
[ C ]
A cover is also a layer of a material used to keep a person in bed warm:
[ pl ]On cold days, she pulled the covers up to her chin.

cover | Business English


cover
verb
uk /ˈkʌvər/us
[ T ]
to include or deal with something:
The seminars cover such topics as making an impact at interview, employability, and what companies are looking for.
Have I covered all your questions?
COMMERCE
to serve customers in a particular area:
Our delivery service covers the entire metropolitan area.
[ T ] FINANCE
to be enough money to pay for something:
My wife earns enough to cover the mortgage.
We only sold enough to cover our costs - we made no profit at all.
The amount was not sufficient to cover all his debts.
The government's guarantee will cover the first £50,000 of people's savings.
[ I or T ] INSURANCE
to protect someone or something against loss, damage, accident, etc., by insurance:
The policy covers employee and public liability, equipment loss, materials, and personal accidents.
cover (sb) against/for sthIn general, buildings insurance covers (you) against damage to the house itself and outbuildings such as conservatories and greenhouses.
[ T ]
to protect yourself from being blamed for something:
cover yourself (against something)Always inform a senior colleague of your intentions, in order to cover yourself against accusations of bullying.
[ T ] FINANCE
if a financial organization can cover a loan, it is protected against loss by having enough collateral(= property that a person borrowing money agrees to give to the organization if they fail to pay the debt):
The approval for a home equity loan is usually easy as the lender has collateral to cover the loan amount.
[ T ] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
to buy shares, currency, etc. that you have arranged to sell in the future, especially if the price is rising and you had expected it to go down:
Tokyo stocks advanced 1.1% Thursday as futures rose and investors scrambled to cover short positions.
[ I or T ] HR
to do someone else's job when they are absent:
cover (for sb)We are expected to cover for each other if someone is absent or is late arriving in the morning.
While he was on sick leave, a colleague covered his job.
cover
noun
uk /ˈkʌvər/us
[ C ]
the stiff outside part of a book or magazine:
She became the first woman to appear on the cover of Business Week.
[ U ] INSURANCE UK(alsoinsurance cover); (UScoverage)
financial protection against loss, damage, injury, etc., which an insurance company sells:
health/liability/life/travel coverA firm employing staff needs to have employers' liability cover.
buy/get/take out cover (for/against sth)Homeworkers can get insurance cover for copiers and faxes but premium costs vary widely.
provide cover (for/against sth)The policy provides cover for loss or damage to property owned by the insured.
For a small additional premium, you can increase this cover to £100,000.
[ U ] FINANCE
the fact of being enough to pay for something:
The property that is being offered as collateral will be sufficient cover for the loan amount.
[ U ] HR
the situation in which someone does someone else's job when they are absent:
Employees need cover for days they have to stay home to care for sick children.
See also
continental cover
dividend cover
forward cover
interest cover
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