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covert

英['kʌvət] 美['koʊvɜːrt]
  • adj. 隐蔽的;偷偷摸摸的;隐密的
  • n. 掩蔽物;树丛;覆羽
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. a flock of coots

  2. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;

    "a screen of trees afforded privacy"
    "under cover of darkness"
    "the brush provided a covert for game"
    "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"

Adjective:
  1. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed;

    "covert actions by the CIA"
    "covert funding for the rebels"

  2. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband;

    "a woman covert"

双语例句

1. They have been supplying covert military aid to the rebels.
他们一直在暗地里向叛乱者提供军事支援。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The depth of covert racism in my own profession frightens me.
我所从事的职业中暗藏着如此深的种族主义偏见,这让我感到害怕。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.
军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The deer fled to a covert.
鹿逃入丛林中.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. Religion is often made the covert of crime.
宗教常成为罪恶的护庇所.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Some people say this was a covert scheme.
      有人说,这是阴谋。
    2. I was only doing my job as a covert agent.
      作为一个隐蔽的代理人
    3. He stole a covert glance at her across the table.
      他朝桌子对面偷偷地瞥了她一眼。
    4. Every measure, both overt and covert, is being taken against terrorists.
      每一种方法,公开的和隐密的,都用来对付敌人。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The brush provided a covert for game.
      那块灌木丛为游戏提供了掩蔽物。
    2. The deer fled to a covert.
      鹿逃入丛林中。

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