cover是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something -- 蓋上；覆蓋；遮蓋；遮蔽

  • The light was so bright that I had to cover my eyes. 燈光太亮，我只好遮住眼睛。

  • Snow covered the hillsides. 白雪覆蓋了山坡。

  • She covered him (up) with a blanket. 她給他蓋上了毯子。

  • Cover the meat with a layer of cheese. 在肉上鋪一層起司。

  • The bandages were covered with/in blood. 鮮血浸透了繃帶。

  • How much of the earth's surface is covered by/with water? 地球表面有多大面積被水覆蓋？

• 1 to deal with or direct attention to something -- 處理；涉及；包括；針對

  • This leaflet covers what we've just discussed in more detail. 這本小冊子有我們剛才討論問題的更多細節。

  • Do these parking restrictions cover residents as well as visitors? 這些停車限制對住戶和訪客同樣適用嗎？

  • The salesman's territory covers the whole of the southeast. 這名銷售員的業務覆蓋整個東南部。

• 2 to report the news about a particular important event -- 報道

  • She's covering the American election for BBC television. 她在為英國廣播公司的電視臺報道美國大選。

• 3 to protect someone against loss, damage, accident, or having something stolen, by having insurance -- 給…保險，承保

  • Does your travel insurance cover you against/for the loss or theft of cash? 你的旅行保險能爲你的現金丟失或失竊提供保險補償嗎？

  • I kept copies of my expense receipts, just to cover myself. 我把花費的票據都複印保留了一份，免得讓人挑出毛病。

• 4 to travel a particular distance -- 行，走過（一段路程）

  • We covered 400 km in three hours. 三個小時我們趕了400公里。

• 5 to be enough money to pay for something -- 足夠支付

  • The selling price barely covered the cost of the raw materials. 銷售價剛剛夠抵付原材料費。

  • Would £50 cover your expenses? 50英鎊夠你花嗎？

• 6 to aim a gun or shoot at someone to try to stop them from shooting or escaping, or to protect someone else -- 以槍瞄準（以防射擊或逃跑）；（用槍炮）掩護

  • The police officer was covered by her colleagues while she ran towards the gunman's hideout. 員警在她同伴的掩護下奔向持槍歹徒藏身之處。

  • All the exits are covered, so they can't escape. 所有出口都被封鎖了，所以他們插翅難逃。

• 7 to prevent a member of the opposing team from taking control of the ball by staying close to them all the time -- （球類團體比賽中）盯防

• 8 to do someone else's job or duty when they are absent -- 代替，頂替（某人的工作或職責）

  • I'm going to the doctor's tomorrow, so do you think you could cover my shift for me? 明天我要去看醫生，你能代我的班嗎？

  • Sorry, I'm already covering for someone else. 抱歉，我已經在幫別人代班了。

• 9 to make a recording of a song or tune that has already been recorded by someone else -- 轉錄（歌曲等）；翻唱

  • I think more singers have covered "Yesterday" than any other song. 我想翻唱《昨日》的歌手人數超過其他任何一首歌的翻唱人數。

• 10 something that is put on or over something else, usually to protect it, to keep something in, etc. -- 蓋子；罩子；遮蓋物；覆蓋物

  • I keep my computer printer under a protective plastic cover. 我用塑膠保護罩蓋住電腦印表機。

  • Remove the packaging and pierce the plastic cover before microwaving. 去掉包裝，紮破保護膜，然後用微波爐加熱。

  • Who should we put on the cover of the magazine this month? 本月我們雜誌的封面人物該上誰呢？

  • Paperback books have soft covers. 平裝書用軟書皮。

  • Martha threw back the covers and bounced out of bed. 瑪莎掀掉毯子，跳下床來。

• 11 shelter or protection in an unpleasant or dangerous situation -- 掩蔽處；遮蔽處；保護

  • We took cover from the storm in a bus shelter. 我們在公車站躲避暴風雨。

  • The burglar broke into the house under cover of darkness. 竊賊在夜幕掩護下闖進那所房子。

  • We needed more cover from the enemy aircraft. 我們需要更多掩護以躲避敵人的空襲。

  • I've got £20,000 worth of cover for the contents of my house. 我為家裡的東西投了價值二萬英鎊的保險。

  • Do you have cover for accidental damage? 你保了意外損傷險了嗎？

• 12 a performance or recording of a song or tune that has already been recorded by someone else -- 轉錄（歌曲等）；翻唱

  • How many cover versions have been made of "My Way"? 《我的路》有多少個翻唱版本？