You fell asleep. Pig.Spread out! We're being attacked!Take cover!Shoot! ——The Pianist你睡着了。 猪。扩散;传播开! 我们被攻击!盖好!、射击! ——《钢琴家》
一、你知道cover有几种含义吗?
n.
1.覆盖物;套子,罩子,盖子;被子,毯子,床单,床罩 [C]
He took the cover off the font, and put his white gloves in it.
他揭开圣水器的盖子,把自己的白手套放了进去。
2.封面,封皮 [C]
The pretty girl on the cover of the pictorial is just a sales gimmick.
画报的封面上印上美女不过是吸引顾客的一种营销噱头。
3.躲避处,避难所,庇护所 [U]
Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover.
查尔斯点燃了导火索,他们便赶紧四处躲避。
4.保险 [U]
Do you have cover against theft?
你有防盗保险吗?
5.掩盖,掩饰;隐蔽,遮蔽 [C]
I don't have any cover to persuade me that I'm not missing him.
我找不到一个能说服我不想念他的借口。
v.
1.盖,覆盖,遮住,遮盖,掩蔽,盖在…上面,铺在…上面 [I,T]
It may freeze tonight, so make sure the plants are covered.
今晚大概会有霜冻,一定要把花草都遮盖好。
2.遮掩,掩盖,包庇 [I,T]
He laughed to cover his nervousness.
他大笑以掩饰自己紧张的心情。
3.适用于,讨论,涉及,包括 [T]
You can raise your prices so as to cover us with a certain percentage.
你可以提高你们的价格以便包含一定比例的我们的费用。
4.行走 [T]
I'll cover sector three.
我会经过3区。
5.采访,报导 [T]
They cover issues that receive little attention by mainstream media.
他们报导不受主流媒体关注的议题。
二、词义辨析:哪些词还表示“遮盖物”呢?
cover, lid
这两个名词都有“盖子,遮盖物”之意。cover泛指所有的遮盖物。包括盖子或书籍、杂志的封面等。lid通常指可以揭开的如箱盖、坛盖、壶盖等盖子。
三、你知道cover和哪些词更搭吗?
cover for
v. 代替
cover up
掩饰,遮掩,掩盖,包括
air cover
空中掩护,航测成图地区
cloud cover
n.云量
四,你掌握cover的用法了吗?来做个测试吧!
The leather _______of the new dictionary was embellished with gold letters.这部新词典皮革封面上装饰着金字。