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cover

1 cover /ˈkʌvɚ/ verb
covers; covered; covering
1 cover
/ˈkʌvɚ/
verb
covers; covered; covering
Learner's definition of COVER
: to put something over, on top of, or in front of (something else) especially in order to protect, hide, or close it遮蔽;掩蔽
[+ object]
[no object]
used in recipes and instructions用于菜谱和说明书
[+ object]
: to be spread over or on top of (something)覆盖
: to be over much or all of the surface of (something)盖满;布满
usually used as (be) covered通常用作(be) covered
[+ object] : to pass over or through (an area, distance, etc.)穿越;穿过
[+ object]
: to have (something) as a subject : to relate to or provide information about (a particular subject)包含;涉及
: to relate to or have an effect on (something)与…有关;对…有影响
[+ object] : to report news about (something)报道
[+ object] of insurance
: to protect (someone) by promising to pay for loss, damage, etc. : to provide financial protection to (someone)给…保险
: to provide protection by promising to pay for (a problem, accident, etc.) : to provide financial protection against (something)保…险
: to provide payment for (something)承担…费用
[+ object]
: to have enough money for (something)足以支付
: to pay for (something)支付
[+ object]
: to guard or protect (something or someone) by being ready to shoot a gun or fire a weapon防卫;掩护
: to protect (yourself or someone else) from possible trouble or danger保护
[+ object]
sports : to guard (an opponent) as part of your team's effort to prevent the other team from scoring防守
baseball : to be in a position to receive a throw to (a base)补漏;填补;补接
see also cover all the bases at 1base
10 
[no object]
: to help you by doing your job when you are away or not able to do it替补;代替+ for
: to hide the truth or lie for someone隐瞒;遮掩+ for
11 
[+ object]
: to be responsible for selling or providing something to all the people in (an area) for a company, organization, etc.负责…的销售(或供给)
: to provide something to (a group of people)供给
12 
[+ object] : to record or perform (a song that was previously recorded by someone else)转录;翻唱

cover up

[phrasal verb]
cover up or cover (something) up or cover up (something) : to cover yourself, part of your body, etc., with something (such as clothing or a blanket)盖住,遮住(自己的身体或其部位)
cover (something) up or cover up (something) : to prevent people from learning the truth about (something, such as a crime) : to hide (something)隐瞒,掩盖(罪行等的真相)
see also cover-up

cover your tracks

see 1track

have (got) someone or something covered

informal
: to have done, gotten, or provided whatever is needed解决了;处理好了
2 cover /ˈkʌvɚ/ noun
plural covers
2 cover
/ˈkʌvɚ/
noun
plural covers
Learner's definition of COVER
[count] : something that is put around or on top of another thing especially to protect, hide, or close it遮盖物;覆盖物
[count] : a blanket or sheet on a bed被单;毯子usually plural通常用复数
[count]
: the outer part of a book or magazine封面;封皮
see also cover girl, cover story
: the part of the case of a record album, CD, DVD, etc., that is seen from the outside(唱片专辑、CD、DVD等的包装的)封面
: something that covers the ground or the sky覆盖物;遮挡物
[singular]
[noncount]
see also ground cover
[noncount] : a place or situation in which you are protected庇护所;躲避处
◊ If you break cover, you come out from a place where you have been safe or hidden.离开安全(或隐蔽)的地方
[noncount] : something that prevents actions, information, etc., from being seen or known掩护物;保护物
[count] : something that is not what it seems to be but is actually used to hide something else掩护;掩盖;幌子usually singular通常用单数
◊ A person who is under cover has his or her true identity hidden. The phrase usually describes a person (such as a police officer) who pretends to be someone else in order to get information.(为探听情报)伪装着,隐蔽着
◊ To blow someone's cover is to reveal someone's true identity.揭开…假面目;揭示…真实身份
see also undercover
[count] : a recording or performance of a song that was previously recorded by someone else翻录;翻唱
[count] informal : cover charge
10 
[noncount] British : insurance coverage保险范围
11 
[noncount] : protection from danger, an attack, etc.掩护;保护
12 
[noncount] British : work done by someone other than the person who usually does it替代工作;替补工作

under separate cover

: in a separate envelope在另函中
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cover

1 of 2

verb

cov·​er ˈkə-vər How to pronounce cover (audio)
covered; covering ˈkəv-riŋ How to pronounce cover (audio)
ˈkə-və-

transitive verb

1
a
: to guard from attack
b(1)
: to have within the range of one's guns : command
The ships were covering approaches to the harbor.
(2)
: to hold within range of an aimed firearm
The deputy covered the sheriff who was apprehending the suspect.
c(1)
: to afford protection or security to : insure
a policy covering the traveler in all kinds of accidents
(2)
: to afford protection against or compensation (see compensation sense 2) for
a policy covering loss by fire
d(1)
: to guard (an opponent) in order to obstruct a play
a linebacker assigned to cover the tight end
(2)
: to be in position to receive a throw to (a base in baseball)
The shortstop was covering second.
e(1)
: to make provision for (a demand or charge) by means of a reserve or deposit
Your balance is insufficient to cover the check.
(2)
: to maintain a check on especially by patrolling
motorcycle police covering the highways
(3)
: to protect by contrivance or expedient
2
a
: to hide from sight or knowledge : conceal
cover up a scandal
b
: to lie over : envelop
a blanket covering her legs
3
: to lay or spread something over : overlay
Cover the seedbed with straw.
4
a
: to spread over
Snow covered the hills.
b
: to appear here and there on the surface of
a region covered with lakes
5
: to place or set a cover or covering over
Cover the pot.
6
a
: to copulate with (a female animal)
a horse covers a mare
b
: to sit on and incubate (eggs)
7
: to invest with a large or excessive amount of something
covered herself with glory
8
: to play a higher-ranking card on (a previously played card)
9
: to have sufficient scope to include or take into account
an examination covering a full year's work
10
: to deal with : treat
material covered in the first chapter
11
a
: to have as one's territory or field of activity
One sales rep covers the whole state.
b
: to report news about
reporters covering the campaign
12
: to pass over : traverse
The hikers covered 12 miles that day.
13
: to defray the cost of
cover expenses
14
: to place one's stake in equal jeopardy within a bet
15
: to buy securities or commodities for delivery against (an earlier short sale)
16
: to record or perform a cover of (a song)

intransitive verb

1
: to conceal something illicit, blameworthy, or embarrassing from notice
usually used with up
cover up for a careless coworker
2
: to act as a substitute or replacement during an absence
a stand-in covering for an injured star
coverable
ˈkəv-rə-bəl How to pronounce cover (audio)
ˈkə-və-
adjective
coverer noun

cover

2 of 2

noun

often attributive
1
: something that protects, shelters, or guards: such as
a
: natural shelter for an animal
also : the factors that provide such shelter
b(1)
: a position or situation affording protection from enemy fire
(2)
: the protection offered by airplanes in tactical support of a military operation
c
British : coverage sense 1a
2
: something that is placed over or about another thing:
a
: lid, top
b
: a binding or case for a book or the analogous part of a magazine
also : the front or back of such a binding
c
: an overlay or outer layer especially for protection
a mattress cover
d
: a tablecloth and the other table accessories
f
: roof
g
: a cloth used on a bed for warmth or for decoration
usually used in plural
lying under the covers
h
: something (such as vegetation or snow) that covers the ground
i
: the extent to which clouds obscure the sky
3
a
: something that conceals or obscures
under cover of darkness
b
: a masking device : pretext
The project was a cover for intelligence operations.
4
: an envelope or wrapper for mail
5
: one who substitutes for another during an absence
6
: a recording or performance of a song previously recorded by another performer
coverless adjective
Phrases
cover one's tracks
: to conceal traces in order to elude pursuers or escape detection
cover the ground or cover ground
: to deal with a subject or assignment in a particular manner
The new book covers a lot of ground.
under cover
1
: in an envelope or wrapper
2
: under concealment : in secret

Example Sentences

Verb The gardener covered the soil with mulch. The furniture had been covered in a protective cloth. We covered the stains on the wall with a fresh coat of paint. You should cover your mouth when you cough. She covered her head with a scarf. tables covered with white linen Lakes cover much of the state. The hikers covered long distances every day. The bird may cover thousands of miles during its migration. Noun She placed a cover over the pan so that the oil wouldn't spatter. I put a cover on the sofa to protect it. There's a picture of the author on the book's back cover. The singer is posing in jeans and cowboy boots on the album cover. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The Guaranteed Access Grant provides an award that will help cover the cost of full-time study at a Maryland college or university for low-income families. Maria Morales, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2022 Grocery prices rose again in August, according to the monthly Consumer Price Index released Tuesday, and consumers are increasingly using buy now, pay later apps to cover the cost of rising food bills. Katie Wedell, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 Shelia tells Pulido that her wallet was in her backpack and, with it, her EBT card, which helped cover the cost of food. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022 If an inspection shows roof problems, repairs or reroofing would likely require removal and reinstallation of solar equipment, so a buyer might seek price concessions to cover that future cost. Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 Grant money provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Urban and Community Forestry Partner Grant Program helped cover the cost of the 50 trees. Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 The ownership seems focused on trying to make things good for everyone, including the most important role, paying the freight to cover the cost of improvements. Stephanie Stradley, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022 The mayor complimented Seven Hills Recreation Director Jen Burger’s efforts regarding the award of a $25,000 University Hospitals grant to help cover the Cricket Park cost. John Benson, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022 Before McCleary, much of that pay had been funded by local school district property-tax levies; the justices said the state needed to cover the full cost. Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2022
Noun
Many have hand-drawn cover art and plastic spiral binding. Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 The Brazilian model opened up about her feelings about Brady returning to the NFL in a cover interview for ELLE's October issue, out this week. Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2022 The 5 Stages of Emotions, debuted at No. 9 on the Top R&B Albums — shared the same cover art on Instagram. Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2022 The Beatles carried that creative spirit to every detail of Revolver, right down to the cover art from their old Hamburg friend Klaus Voorman. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022 Björk has confirmed a Sept. 30 release date for her new album, Fossora, and has also unveiled the cover art, shot by photographer Vidar Logi. Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2022 The cover art features Taylor's signature red lipstick. Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Aug. 2022 Last week John shared the single’s official cover art on Instagram which has two side-by-side photos of the singers as kids, with Spears dressed in a pink costume and John playing the piano. Thania Garcia, Variety, 23 Aug. 2022 The release of Meghan Markle’s debut podcast series is exciting in itself, but the fact that her outfit from the cover art is shoppable—and under $25? Meg Donohue, ELLE, 23 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French coverir, covrir, from Latin cooperire, from co- + operire to close, cover

First Known Use

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of cover was in the 13th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 525 COCA: 560
cover

noun¹

1sth put on/over sth遮蓋物ADJECTIVE | VERB + COVER | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEprotective保護套removable, reversible可去掉的/正反都可用的遮蓋物leather, plastic皮革蓋;塑料蓋dust防塵罩We spread dust covers over the furniture while the builders were working.建築工人工作時,我們用防塵罩把傢具蓋上。cushion, duvet, mattress, pillow, seat靠墊套;羽絨被套;牀墊套;枕套;座套loose (BrE) 活罩a sofa with a loose cover有活套的沙發album, CD, DVD專輯/激光唱盤/數字影碟的封面manhole人孔蓋VERB + COVERput on, replace蓋上蓋子;重新蓋上蓋子lift, open, remove, take off抬起/打開/移除/拿掉蓋子He held his nose as he lifted the cover of the bin.他在打開垃圾桶蓋的時候捂住了鼻子。PREPOSITIONcover for遮⋯的蓋子a cover for the swimming pool游泳池的頂棚
cover

noun²

2sth that is over sth覆蓋物ADJECTIVEdense, thick厚厚的覆蓋物a thick cover of snow厚厚的一層積雪cloud, ice, snow雲層;冰蓋;積雪We descended into JFK through thick cloud cover.我們穿過厚厚的雲層降落到肯尼迪機場。canopy, forest, ground, tree, vegetation, vegetative (technical術語, especially NAmE) 樹冠覆蓋;森林覆蓋;地面覆蓋;植被plants that provide good ground cover給地面提供良好覆蓋的植物
cover

noun³

3outside of a book/magazine書或雜誌的外層ADJECTIVE | VERB + COVER | COVER + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEback, front封底;封面hard, soft硬封面;軟封面glossy有光紙封皮book, magazine圖書/雜誌封面VERB + COVERadorn, grace裝飾封面Her image has graced the covers of many glossy magazines.她的形象登上過許多有光紙印刷的通俗雜誌的封面。design設計封面COVER + NOUNillustration, image, photo, photograph, picture封面圖片;封面形象art, artwork, design封面藝術/藝術作品/設計article, feature, story封面文章/特寫/故事page封面shoot (= the activity of taking a photograph for a magazine cover) 封面照拍攝boy (NAmE) , girl, model (NAmE) 封面小生/女郎/模特price (= the price that a book or magazine is sold for) 標價The author only gets 1% of the cover price.作者只得到標價的 1%。PREPOSITIONon a/the cover在封面上a picture of the author on the back cover封底上作者的照片
cover

noun⁴

4the covers blankets, sheets, etc.鋪蓋ADJECTIVE | VERB + THE COVERS | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEbed牀上用品thick, warm厚厚的/溫暖的鋪蓋thin薄薄的鋪蓋VERB + THE COVERSget under躺到毯子下pull up拉上被子fling off, pull back, push back, throw back掀掉被子;拉回被子;把被子推回原處;扔回被子She threw back the covers and got out of bed.她掀開被子下了牀。pull off, rip off, yank off (especially NAmE) 扯掉/掀開/猛地掀掉被子'Get up!' she said, yanking off the covers.“起牀!”她說着猛然掀掉被子。tuck around sb給某人掖好被子PREPOSITIONunder the cover在被子裏PHRASESpull the covers over your head用被子蒙住頭He pulled the covers over his head and tried to get back to sleep.他用被子蒙住頭,試圖接着睡。
cover

noun⁵

5 (BrE) insurance against sth保險 see also coverage ADJECTIVE | VERB + COVER | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEcomprehensive, full綜合保險;全險wide覆蓋範圍大的保險This company provides wider cover.該公司提供的保險覆蓋面更廣。standard標準險additional附加保險insurance保險範圍fire, health, indemnity, life, medical火險;健康險;賠償保險;人壽保險;醫療保險VERB + COVERhave有保險give sb, provide (sb with)給某人保險;(給某人)提供保險PREPOSITIONcover against⋯的保險cover against accidental damage意外損害險cover for⋯的保險cover for contents內容物保險
cover

noun⁶

6shelter/protection from the weather, damage, etc.遮蓋物;保護ADJECTIVE | VERB + COVER | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEair空中掩護The planes provided air cover for the attack.這些飛機為攻擊提供空中掩護。VERB + COVERdive for, run for, take衝向隱蔽處;跑向隱蔽處;隱蔽起來We ran for cover as it started to rain.開始下雨時,我們跑着找地方避雨。seek尋找隱蔽處find發現隱蔽處give sb, provide (sb with)給某人保護;(給某人)提供保護break (= leave) 從隱蔽處出來The deer broke cover as the hunters approached.獵人接近時,鹿從躲藏的地方跑了出來。PREPOSITIONunder cover蓋着All the seats are under cover.所有的席位都蓋了起來。under cover of在⋯的掩護下We attacked at night, under cover of darkness.夜裏我們在夜幕的掩護下發動進攻。cover from躲避⋯的地方They sought cover from the wind.他們尋找避風的地方。
cover

noun⁷

7sth that hides the real nature of sth掩蓋;掩飾ADJECTIVE | VERB + COVER | COVER + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEperfect完美的掩飾diplomatic, official, political外交身分/官員身分/政治身分掩護spies operating under diplomatic cover以外交身分為掩護進行活動的間諜VERB + COVERblow (= reveal) 揭穿偽裝He realized his cover had been blown.他意識到自己的身分已經暴露了。COVER + NOUNstory編造的說辭The guard believed her cover story.衞兵相信了她的假話。PREPOSITIONcover for對⋯的掩護The club is a cover for various criminal activities.該俱樂部為各種犯罪活動提供掩護。
cover

verb¹

1put sth over sth to hide or protect it隱藏;保護ADVERB | VERB + COVER | PREPOSITION ADVERBcompletely, entirely全部/完全遮蓋loosely鬆鬆地蓋住partially, partly部份遮蓋Her hair partially covered her face.她的頭髮把臉遮住了一部份。barely勉強蓋住Her dress barely covered her chest.她的裙子幾乎遮不住她的胸部。up完全蓋住She used dried leaves and twigs to cover up the hole.她用乾樹葉和小樹枝蓋住洞口。VERB + COVERtry to試圖蓋住;試圖掩飾She tried to cover her face with her hands.她試圖用雙手遮住臉。He tried to cover his embarrassment by starting to rub his hands together.他開始搓着雙手,試圖掩飾自己的尷尬。use sth to用⋯掩蓋PREPOSITIONwith用⋯掩蓋He covered the body with a cloth.他用一塊布蓋住那具屍體。
cover

verb²

2form a layer on sth形成覆蓋層ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBcompletely全部蓋着PREPOSITIONin埋在⋯裏The cars were all covered in snow.汽車全都埋在雪裏了。with覆蓋着⋯The children were completely covered with mud.孩子們滿身是泥。
cover

verb³

3include; pay for包括;支付ADVERB | VERB + COVER ADVERBbarely, hardly幾乎不能支付;幾乎不能涵蓋The payments he gets barely cover his expenses.他賺的錢幾乎不夠他花的。We've hardly covered a quarter of the course.這門課程我們連四分之一都沒完成。VERB + COVERhelp (to)幫助支付be intended to旨在支付be extended to擴大到包括The tax may be extended to cover books.該稅可能要擴大範圍,把圖書也包括在內。
cover

verb⁴

4insurance保險PREPOSITIONagainst投保⋯險This policy should cover you against accidental injury.這份保險單保意外傷害險。for保⋯險a policy that covers you for fire and theft承保火險和盜竊險的保險單

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