covers
n. 蓋子( cover的名詞複數 ); (書等的)封面; (對身分、感情或違法事情的)掩蓋; (保險公司的)保險
v. 覆蓋( cover的第三人稱單數 ); 掩護; 透過; 代替
If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
Cover the casserole with a tight-fitting lid...
用大小合適的蓋子蓋住砂鍋。
He whimpered and covered his face...
他掩面抽泣。
If one thing covers another, it has been placed over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
His finger went up to touch the black patch which covered his left eye...
他伸手去觸控遮住左眼的黑眼罩。
His head was covered with a khaki turban.
他頭上包著卡其布的穆斯林頭巾。
If one thing covers another, it forms a layer over its surface.
The clouds had spread and nearly covered the entire sky...
雲彩擴散開來,幾乎遮住了整個天空。
Two oil slicks are covering a total area of seven square miles...
兩層浮油漂浮在7平方英里的區域上。
To cover something with or in something else means to put a layer of the second thing over its surface.
The trees in your garden may have covered the ground with apples, pears or plums...
你花園裡的果樹也許已經落了一地的蘋果、梨或李子。
She covered the walls with the signs of the zodiac.
她在牆上貼滿了十二星座的標誌。
If you cover a particular distance, you travel that distance.
It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol...
就那麼點兒汽油很難開10英里。
It covered the distance in 28 hours compared with the train's six days.
它走這一段要用28小時,與之相比火車要用6天。
To cover someone 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.
You go first. I'll cover you.
你先撤,我掩護你。
Cover is protection from enemy attack that is provided for troops or ships carrying out a particular operation, for example by aircraft.
They said they could not provide adequate air cover for ground operations.
他們聲稱無法為地面軍事行動提供充分的空中掩護。
Cover is trees, rocks, or other places where you shelter from the weather or from an attack, or hide from someone.
Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover.
查爾斯點燃了導火索,他們便趕緊四處躲避。
...barren wastes of field with no trees and no cover.
沒有樹木和其他遮蔽物的荒蕪之地
An insurance policy that covers a person or thing guarantees that money will be paid by the insurance company in relation to that person or thing.
Their insurer paid the £900 bill, even though the policy did not strictly cover it...
雖然嚴格來講保險單並不包含這一項,他們的保險公司還是支付了那張900英鎊的賬單。
These items are not covered by your medical insurance...
這些專案不在你的醫保範圍之內。
Insurance cover is a guarantee from an insurance company that money will be paid by them if it is needed.
Make sure that the firm's insurance cover is adequate.
確保該公司上了足夠的保險。
If a law covers a particular set of people, things, or situations, it applies to them.
The law covers four categories of experiments...
該法規適用於4類試驗。
Like any other commodity, pedigree dogs are covered by the Sale of Goods Act.
像其他商品一樣,純種狗的買賣同樣受《貨物買賣法》的約束。
If you cover a particular topic, you discuss it in a lecture, course, or book.
The Oxford Chemistry Primers aim to cover important topics in organic chemistry...
《牛津化學初級讀本》叢書旨在論述有機化學中的重要問題。
Other subjects covered included nerves and how to overcome them.
所涉及的其他主題包括焦慮及如何克服。
If journalists, newspapers, or television companies cover an event, they report on it.
Robinson was sent to Italy to cover the 1990 World Cup...
魯賓遜被派到義大利報道1990年的世界盃比賽。
The US news media will cover the trial closely.
美國新聞媒體將對該審判進行追蹤報道。
If a sum of money covers something, it is enough to pay for it.
Send it to the address given with £1.50 to cover postage and administration...
將它寄到指定地址,並附上1.50英鎊以支付郵資和管理費。
Those figures might not even cover the cost of breakages.
那筆錢甚至都不夠賠償破損費。
A cover is something which is put over an object, usually in order to protect it.
...a family room with washable covers on the furniture.
傢俱上套有可清洗外罩的家庭娛樂室
...a duvet cover.
羽絨被罩
The covers on your bed are the things such as sheets and blankets that you have on top of you.
She set her glass down and slid farther under the covers.
她放下杯子,鑽進被子裡。
The cover of a book or a magazine is the outside part of it.
A few years ago, David Byrne was on the cover of Time magazine.
幾年前,大衛·拜恩曾登上《時代》週刊的封面。
...a small spiral-bound booklet with a green cover...
有綠色封皮的螺旋裝訂的活頁小冊子
Something that is a cover for secret or illegal activities seems respectable or normal, and is intended to hide the activities.
They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery...
他們建立起一座為淫穢活動作掩護的假寺廟。
As a cover story he generally tells people he is a freelance photographer.
為掩飾身份,他一般對外稱自己是一名自由攝影師。
If you cover for someone 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.
Why would she cover for someone who was trying to kill her?
她為什麼要包庇想要殺她的人呢?
If you cover for someone who is ill or away, you do their work for them while they are not there.
She did not have enough nurses to cover for those who went ill or took holiday.
她沒有足夠的護士來頂替那些生病或休假的人工作。
To cover a song originally performed by someone else means to record a new version of it.
He must make a decent living from other artists covering his songs.
其他藝術家翻唱他的歌曲,一定使他過上了收入頗為可觀的生活。
A cover is the same as a cover version .
The single is a cover of an old Rolling Stones song.
這支單曲是滾石樂隊的一首老歌的翻唱。
To blow someone's cover means to cause their true identity or the true nature of their work to be revealed.
Asking those kind of questions could blow my cover...
問那種問題會暴露我的身份。
The young man looked embarrassed, as if he were a spy whose cover had been blown.
那個年輕人看起來侷促不安,就好像他是一個身份暴露的間諜一樣。
If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
They began running again, broke cover and dashed towards the road.
他們又開始跑,離開隱蔽處朝公路衝去。
If you take cover, you shelter from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.
Shoppers took cover behind cars as police marksmen returned fire.
警方的射擊手開火回擊時,購物者們躲在汽車後面。
If you are under cover, you are under something that protects you from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.
'Get under cover!' shouted Billy, and we darted once more for the tables.
“躲起來!”比利喊道,我們便又一次衝向桌子。
If you do something under cover of a particular situation, you are able to do it without being noticed because of that situation.
They move under cover of darkness.
他們在黑暗的掩護下行進。
If you cover your back or cover your rear, you do something in order to protect yourself, for example against criticism or against accusations of doing something wrong.
The canny Premier covered his back by pointing out that he was of Scottish stock.
精明狡猾的首相辯解說自己是蘇格蘭血統。
Cover your ass means the same as cover your back .
Just play it safe, cover your ass, keep your head down.
要謹慎行事,保護好自己並保持低調。
The service covers contraceptive advice and health checks, and is available free.
服務專案包括避孕建議和健康檢查,並且免費提供。
The training covers extended periods in obstetrics and gynaecology.
該培訓包括產科學和婦科學的增加課時。
Ann threw back the covers and scrambled out of bed.
安掀開被子,急忙下了床。
Embellish basic covers and curtains with borders, ties and fringing.
用鑲邊、繫帶和流蘇裝飾樸素的床罩和窗簾。
She buried her head under the covers, pretending to be asleep.
她把頭埋到被子底下,假裝睡著了。