covering 音标拼音: [k'ʌvɚɪŋ] [k'ʌvrɪŋ]
n . 覆盖物,遮避物
a . 掩护的,掩盖的
覆盖物,遮避物掩护的,掩盖的
covering 覆盖
covering n 1 :
a natural object that covers or envelops ; "
under a covering of dust "; "
the fox was flushed from its cover " [
synonym :
{
covering }, {
natural covering }, {
cover }]
2 :
an artifact that covers something else (
usually to protect or shelter or conceal it )
3 :
the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it ; "
the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft " [
synonym : {
cover }, {
covering }, {
screening },
{
masking }]
4 :
the act of protecting something by covering it 5 :
the work of applying something ; "
the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine "; "
a complete bleach requires several applications "; "
the surface was ready for a coating of paint "; [
synonym : {
application }, {
coating }, {
covering }]
Cover \
Cov "
er \ (
k ?
v "?
r ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Covered } (-?
rd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Covering }.] [
OF .
covrir ,
F .
couvrir ,
fr .
L .
cooperire ;
co -
operire to cover ;
probably fr .
ob towards ,
over the root appearing in aperire to open .
Cf . {
Aperient },
{
Overt }, {
Curfew }.]
1 .
To overspread the surface of (
one thing )
with another ;
as ,
to cover wood with paint or lacquer ;
to cover a table with a cloth .
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2 .
To envelop ;
to clothe ,
as with a mantle or cloak .
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And with the majesty of darkness round Covers his throne . --
Milton .
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All that beauty than doth cover thee . --
Shak .
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3 .
To invest (
one '
s self with something );
to bring upon (
one '
s self );
as ,
he covered himself with glory .
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The powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland . --
Brougham .
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4 .
To hide sight ;
to conceal ;
to cloak ;
as ,
the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods .
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A cloud covered the mount . --
Exod .
xxiv .
15 .
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In vain shou striv '
st to cover shame with shame .
--
Milton .
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5 .
To brood or sit on ;
to incubate .
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While the hen is covering her eggs ,
the male . . .
diverts her with his songs . --
Addison .
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6 .
To overwhelm ;
to spread over .
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The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen . --
Ex .
xiv .
28 .
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7 .
To shelter ,
as from evil or danger ;
to protect ;
to defend ;
as ,
the cavalry covered the retreat .
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His calm and blameless life Does with substantial blessedness abound ,
And the soft wings of peace cover him round .
--
Cowley .
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8 .
To remove from remembrance ;
to put away ;
to remit .
"
Blessed is he whose is covered ." --
Ps .
xxxii .
1 .
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9 .
To extend over ;
to be sufficient for ;
to comprehend ,
include ,
or embrace ;
to account for or solve ;
to counterbalance ;
as ,
a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it ;
a law which covers all possible cases of a crime ;
receipts than do not cover expenses .
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10 .
To put the usual covering or headdress on .
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Cover thy head . . .;
nay ,
prithee ,
be covered .
--
Shak .
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11 .
To copulate with (
a female );
to serve ;
as ,
a horse covers a mare ; --
said of the male .
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{
To cover ground }
or {
To cover distance },
to pass over ;
as ,
the rider covered the ground in an hour .
{
To cover one '
s short contracts } (
Stock Exchange ),
to buy stock when the market rises ,
as a dealer who has sold short does in order to protect himself .
{
Covering party } (
Mil .),
a detachment of troops sent for the protection of another detachment ,
as of men working in the trenches .
{
To cover into },
to transfer to ;
as ,
to cover into the treasury .
Syn :
To shelter ;
screen ;
shield ;
hide ;
overspread .
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Covering \
Cov "
er *
ing \,
n .
Anything which covers or conceals ,
as a roof ,
a screen ,
a wrapper ,
clothing ,
etc .
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Noah removed the covering of the ark . --
Gen .
viii .
13 .
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They cause the naked to lodge without clothing ,
that they have no covering in the cold . --
Job .
xxiv .
7 .
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A covering over the well '
s mouth . --
2 Sam .
xvii .
19 .
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187 Moby Thesaurus words for "
covering ":
assimilating ,
bigness ,
blanket ,
blanketing ,
border ,
brooding ,
burial ,
burying ,
calcimining ,
circumference ,
cloak ,
cloaking ,
clouding ,
coat ,
coating ,
collop ,
comprising ,
concealedness ,
concealing ,
concealment ,
containing ,
cortex ,
counting ,
cover ,
coverage ,
covering up ,
covert ,
covertness ,
coverture ,
cowl ,
cowling ,
crust ,
curtain ,
curtaining ,
custodial ,
cut ,
darkening ,
deal ,
deception ,
defensive ,
disk ,
drape ,
drapery ,
embracing ,
enameling ,
encircling ,
enclosing ,
encompassing ,
envelope ,
enveloping ,
envisaging ,
epidermis ,
exterior ,
external ,
facade ,
face ,
facet ,
feuille ,
film ,
flap ,
foil ,
fold ,
fostering ,
fresco ,
fringe ,
front ,
gestation ,
gilding ,
glazing ,
glossing ,
gravidity ,
gravidness ,
greatness ,
guardian ,
guarding ,
guise ,
hanging ,
heaviness ,
hiddenness ,
hiding ,
hood ,
housing ,
immunizing ,
including ,
inclusive ,
incorporating ,
incubation ,
integument ,
interment ,
invisibility ,
japanning ,
lamella ,
lamina ,
laminated glass ,
laminated wood ,
lap ,
leaf ,
lineaments ,
mantle ,
mask ,
masking ,
membrane ,
mystification ,
nonrevealing ,
numbering ,
obscuration ,
obscurement ,
obscuring ,
occultation ,
outer face ,
outer layer ,
outer side ,
outer skin ,
outline ,
outside ,
painting ,
pall ,
pane ,
panel ,
parental ,
patina ,
peel ,
pellicle ,
periphery ,
plait ,
plank ,
plate ,
plating ,
ply ,
plywood ,
pregnancy ,
preventive ,
priming ,
prophylactic ,
protecting ,
protective ,
putting away ,
rasher ,
rind ,
safeguarding ,
safety glass ,
screen ,
screening ,
scum ,
secrecy ,
secretion ,
shading ,
sheathing ,
sheet ,
shell ,
shellacking ,
shelter ,
sheltering ,
shield ,
shielding ,
shroud ,
shrouding ,
sitting ,
skin ,
slab ,
slat ,
slice ,
staining ,
stippling ,
subterfuge ,
superficies ,
superstratum ,
surface ,
table ,
tablet ,
the family way ,
top ,
tutelary ,
uncommunicativeness ,
undercoating ,
undisclosing ,
unrevealing ,
varnishing ,
veil ,
veiling ,
veneer ,
vestment ,
vigilant ,
wafer ,
watchful ,
whitewashing ,
wrapping
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