1. vt.覆盖，遮盖　 shelter, hide sth; put sth under the shelter
2. vt.掩盖　 conceal sth
3. vt.能达到，能控制　 command; dominate
4. vt.涉及，包含　 comprise; include

　～ a dish　把碟子盖起来
　～ a saucer　把茶托盖起来
　～ a wall　涂刷墙壁
　～ all the expenses　包括一切费用
　～ consumer price rises　抵偿消费价格上涨
　～ ground　覆盖大地
　～ miles　走了…英里
　～ one's confusion　掩饰狼狈相
　～ one's eye　捂住眼睛
　～ one's face　捂住脸
　～ one's knees　盖住双膝
　～ one's mistake　掩盖错误
　～ one's shame　掩饰羞耻
　～ one's tracks　掩藏踪迹或证据
　～ space　占空间
　～ the case　涉及〔包括〕…情形
　～ the distance　走完这路程
　～ the landing of an army　掩护军队登陆
　～ years　有几年
　～ all over　沾满
　～ adequately　足够支付
　～ amply　足够支付
　～ barely　刚够支付
　～ completely　完全遮住
　～ conically　圆锥形状地覆盖
　～ flimsily　不可信地报导
　～ frailly　脆弱地保护
　～ fully　完全地概括
　～ garishly　不实地报导
　～ grotesquely　可笑地报导
　～ inadequately　不够支付
　～ instructively　启发性地讨论
　～ loathsomely　令人厌恶地掩饰
　～ luxuriantly　文字华丽地报导
　～ partially　部分地遮盖住
　～ perpetually　终年覆盖
　～ protectively　防护性地遮盖
　～ safely　安全地掩护
　～ thoroughly　透彻地概括
　～ in　填满
　～ over　盖住，覆盖
　～ up　掩盖，遮盖，隐藏，蒙盖，包庇某人
　～ up one's tracks　掩盖踪迹或证据
　～ against　保险，抵偿
　～ oneself behind　躲在…后面
　～ by　被盖住了
　～ for　代替
　～ from　掩藏在…中
　～ into the Treasury　解交国库
　～ with　用…盖住
　～ oneself with　蒙受，获得

　Snow covered the ground.　雪覆盖了大地。
　The floods covered large areas on both banks of the river.　洪水淹没了河两岸的大片地区。
　The thief covered his tracks.　小偷隐藏了他的行踪。
　The thick wood covered the guerrillas.　茂密的丛林掩护了游击队员。
　He tried to cover his mistakes.　他设法掩饰自己的错误。
　He tried to cover his nervousness.　他试图掩饰自己的紧张心情。
　Our school covers an area of 100 mu.　我们学校占地面积100亩。
　I want to cover 100 miles before it gets dark.　在天黑之前我想走完一百英里。
　I had covered 200 pages by ten o'clock last night.　到昨晚10点钟我已看了200页。
　The price just covers the cost.　这个价格正好抵销成本。
　Will ￡10 cover the cost of a new skirt?　十英镑够买一件新裙子吗?
　Do you have enough to cover all your household expenses?　你的收入够家庭开销用吗?
　Recorded history covers a period of five thousand years.　有文字记载的历史已有5000年的时间了。
　Our heavy artillery covered every possible approach to the town.　我们的重炮控制了通往镇上的每一条路。
　This dictionary does not cover all the English verbs.　这本词典没有收入全部英语动词。
　Our best reporter covered the trial.　我们的最佳记者报道了这次审判。
　The top of the mountain was covered by a cloud.　山顶被云遮盖了。
　Carriage is not covered by the quotation.　报价中不包括运费。

 ♣ cover against　(v.+prep.)
　保险　insure
　Insurance companies try to persuade young married men to cover themselves against illness or death.　保险公司努力说服结了婚的年轻男子为自己生病或死亡投保。
　These goods are covered against fire.　这些货物已保火险。
 ♣ cover for　(v.+prep.)
　代替，顶替　take charge of or assume responsibility for another person's duties or work
　〔说明〕 cover for不用于被动结构。
　Will you cover for me at the telephone switchboard while I run out to post a letter?　你可否在电话交换台那儿暂且替我应付一下?我跑出去寄一封信。
　John's ill today so will you cover for him, Jean?　约翰今天生病了，你替代他好吗，吉恩?
 ♣ cover in¹　(v.+adv.)
　遮盖住，填满　complete the covering of; place or spread sth upon or over sth
　They have covered in the whole market.　他们给整个市场加了遮棚。
　The workmen covered in the hole in the road.　工人们填塞了路上的那个洞。
　The car park is covered in to keep your car dry.　为使你的车不被雨淋，车场加了棚顶。
　The grave was quickly covered in.　泥土很快就填满了墓坑。
 ♣ cover in²　(v.+prep.)
　以…覆盖或包裹　complete the covering of
　A passing lorry covered us in mud from head to foot.　一辆驰过的卡车溅了我们一身泥。
　She covered her face in her hands.　她双手掩面。
　He is covered in spots; I think he's ill.　他浑身布满了斑点，我想他病了。
　Just give me ten minutes to clean myself up; I'm covered in oil.　我浑身沾满了油 污，给我十分钟时间让我洗一下。
　The trees are covered in new leaves now that Spring is here.　春天到了，树木又披上了绿装。
 ♣ cover over　(v.+adv.)
　用遮盖物保护，在…上盖上东西　protect with a cover, spread sth over
　Be quick, cover the blood-stains over.　快！把血迹全遮盖起来。
　The peasants covered the rice over before the rain began.　农民们在下雨之前把稻子盖好。
　The ground was covered over with snow.　地面被雪覆盖起来了。
 ♣ cover up　(v.+adv.)
1. 盖起来，裹住，盖严 put a cover (such as clothing) over sth/sb; cover completely
　It's cold and you should cover up warmly.　天冷，你要穿暖和些。
　He covered the child up with a blanket.　他用一条毯子把孩子盖严。
　Cover the baby's feet up, or he'll catch cold.　把孩子的脚盖起来，他会着凉的。
　Cover it up so that nobody will see it.　把它盖起来，别让人看见。
　He advised me to cover myself up well.　他劝我穿暖和些。
2. 掩盖，掩饰 hide sth wrong or bad, protect sb else from blame or punishment
　He tried to cover up the gun.　他企图把枪隐藏起来。
　She tried to cover up her nervousness as she waited to make her speech.　在她等候发言时，她竭力掩饰紧张的心情。
　The authorities were able to cover up what really happened.　当局设法掩盖了事件的真相。
　Naturally his wife will try to cover up for him, so we can't believe everything she says.　他妻子当然会竭力为他掩饰，所以对她讲的话我们不能全都相信。
　If I'm late tomorrow you'll cover up for me, won't you?　如果我明天来晚了，你替我掩饰一下，好吗?
　He says he did it, but he's covering up for a friend.　他说是他做的，可他是在包庇朋友。
 ♣ cover with　(v.+prep.)
1. 用…遮盖住，用…填满 place or spread sth over or upon sth
　He covered his wife with his body.　他用身体掩护自己的妻子。
　She covered herself with a quilt.　她给自己盖上一条棉被。
　He covered her mouth with his hand.　他用手捂住了她的嘴。
　Cover the table with a cloth.　在桌上铺一块台布。
　Cover the roots of the plant with earth.　用土把植物的根盖住。
　The boy was covered with wounds when he came back home.　那男孩回到家里时，遍体鳞伤。
　One third of this area is covered with forest.　这一地区1/3的地方都是森林。
　His shoes are covered all over with mud.　他的鞋上沾满了泥浆。
　The field is covered with snow.　田野一片积雪。
　The bird is covered with feathers.　那只鸟长满羽毛。
2. 被（感情）所压倒 be overcome by (a strong feeling)
　Mary was covered with shame when she learned how unkind she had been to Jim.　当玛丽认识到她对吉姆是多么狠心的时候，她羞愧得无地自容。
　She was covered with shame at her failure.　她对自己的失败感到无比惭愧。

 ♣ be covered by, be covered with
　这两个短语的共同意思是“被…所遮盖”，当介词宾语为非人为的自然物时，两者可互换。例如：
　The mountain is covered with〔by〕 snow all the year round.　山上终年积雪。
　其区别是：
1. 强调状态时多接with，强调动作时多接by. 例如：

2. 当介词宾语为一件较小的覆盖物（如：cloth, book)时，一般要用with，因为此时往往用“人”作为行为施动者。例如：
　The table was covered with a table cloth (by me).　（我在）桌上盖着一块桌布。
 ♣ cover, conceal, dissemble, hide
　这组词都有“掩饰”“蒙蔽”的意思。其区别是：hide是这组词中含义最广泛的词，既可指故意的隐藏，也可指无意中偶然的隐藏，有时还指客观上某物被另一物所掩盖；conceal强调故意将事物隐藏起来，不使他人知道；dissemble和cover指用言语或行动来隐藏或掩饰真正的感情、思想、意向、计划等， cover有蒙混过关或不被人发觉的意味；而dissemble指可以令人产生一种错觉。例如：

1. C 盖子，套子，覆盖物　 sth that covers
2. C （书等的）封面、封皮　 binding of a book, etc., an envelope or wrapper for mail
3. S 隐藏物，躲避处　 place or area giving shelter or protection
4. S 幌子，伪装　 means of concealing sth illegal, secret
5. S 掩蔽，掩护　 protection from attack
6. C （一副）餐具，餐席（位） a table wetting for one person

　attach ～　附有套子
　back ～　封底
　beat the ～　在鸟兽隐藏处搜索
　break ～　（猎物）由隐蔽处窜出
　do ～　画封面
　draw a ～　把禽兽从丛林中赶出
　find ～　找到隐藏处
　form ～　形成覆盖层
　improvise ～　临时拼凑套子，临时准备餐具
　lift ～　吊起盖子
　need a new ～　需要一个新盖子
　ornament ～　装饰美化隐蔽处
　provide ～ for　为…提供隐蔽处
　raise ～　抬起盖子
　remove ～　移动盖子
　screw on ～　拧紧盖子
　seek ～ from　寻找…的掩蔽处
　take ～　利用掩护物
　take off the ～　揭去盖子
　take to ～　喜欢这套子
　wrap in ～　封在信封里，包裹在…内
　accidental ～　临时隐蔽处
　coarse ～　粗糙的盖子
　conical ～　圆锥形的罩
　detachable ～　可拆开的盖子
　dewy ～　带有露水的覆盖物
　enameled ～　搪瓷盖
　ephemeral ～　暂时隐蔽处
　excellent ～　顶好的封面
　frail ～　经不起攻击〔风浪〕的隐蔽处
　front ～　封面
　garish ～　色彩艳丽的封面
　ghostly ～　鬼魂的隐蔽处
　illuminated ～　用经过装饰的字画等装饰的封面
　lagging ～　（汽锅的）包衣
　practical ～　实用的罩子
　protective ～　保护层
　reversible ～　双面用盖子
　chair ～　椅子套
　bed ～　床罩
　drain ～　（沟、渠）盖，下水道盖
　dust ～　防尘护罩
　engine ～　发动机罩
　floor ～　地毯
　flux ～　熔剂覆盖层
　glass ～　玻璃罩
　magazine ～　杂志封面
　pile ～　桩帽
　pillow ～　枕头套
　plastic ～　塑料封面
　quilt ～　被套
　seat ～　椅套
　～ bead　外胎唇
　～ charge　服务（附加）费
　～ coat　盖层
　～ crop　护田
　～ die　盖模
　～ girl　封面女郎
　～ glass　盖片
　～ note　保险证明
　～ paper　平装（书）
　～ plate　盖片
　～ story　封面故事
　～ transformation　改变封面
　～ tyre　外胎
　～ wire　外层钢丝
　from ～ to ～　从头到尾
　under the ～ of　在…掩护下
　～ for a pan　锅盖
　～ of a book　书的封面

　When the water boils, take the cover from the pan.　水开时，拿下锅盖。
　The chairs are fitted with loose covers.　椅子上套上了活椅套。
　Tom pushes back the covers and gets out of bed.　汤姆掀开被子起床。
　If you are cold in the night get some more the covers from the wardrobe.　如果夜里你冷的话，从衣橱里拿毯子盖。
　He did cartoons and covers for the New Yorker magazine.　他为《纽约人》杂志画漫画和设计封面。
　Her portraits appeared on several covers of the magazines.　她的肖像刊登在几家杂志的封面上。
　The book was bound in paper covers.　这本书是平装的。
　She will some day put the story of her life between the covers of a book.　有朝一日她要把自己的生平写成一本书。
　The huntsmen drew the cover.　猎人们把猎物从树丛中赶出来。
　A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in.　丛林是动物的良好隐蔽地。
　His business was a cover for drug dealing.　他的工作是为掩饰毒品交易。
　The spy's cover was that she was a consultant engineer.　那女间谍伪装成顾问工程师。
　Artillery gave cover while the infantry advanced.　炮火掩护步兵前进。
　Covers were laid for eight.　摆好了八副餐具。
　At some night clubs you have to pay a cover charge even when you don't order anything.　有些夜总会，就是你不点菜，也要付点位钱。

 ♣ break cover
　从隐蔽处出来　come out of hiding
　He saw the fox break cover at that moment.　他那时看见狐狸从隐蔽处窜出来。
 ♣ cover girl
　（杂志）的封面女郎　bookbinding girl
　Mary is not a cover girl, but she is pretty enough to be.　玛丽不是封面女郎，但她足够漂亮去做一名封面女郎。
 ♣ read from cover to cover
　从头看〔读〕到底　read from top to end
　He read the book from cover to cover.　他通读了这本书。
 ♣ take cover
　藏身，躲避　hide
　Everybody took cover when the bombs began to fall on the town.　这个小镇遭到轰炸时，每个人都躲藏了起来。
　There was no place where we could take cover from the storm.　没有任何地方供我们躲避这场暴风雨。
 ♣ under cover
1. 在隐蔽处 hidden
　It's raining hard; we must get under cover quickly.　雨下得很大，我们必须赶快找个避雨的地方。
2. 秘密地，保密 secretly
　Arrangements for the escape were made under cover.　逃走的计划是秘密进行的。
　He kept the important information under cover.　他对重要的信息秘而不宣。
3. 在信封或邮包中 in an envelope or parcel
　The check came under cover in yesterday's mail.　支票是装在信封里和昨天的邮件一起送来的。
　Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of China Daily.　另函附上《中国日报》一份。
　Under separate cover we are sending you a copy of agreement duly signed by us.　兹另邮寄上经正式签字的合同一份。
　He sent your letter under separate cover.　他另函寄来了你给我的信。
 ♣ under (the) cover of
1. 在…的掩护下 disguised
　The enemy attacked us under cover of darkness.　敌人乘黑夜袭击我们。
　The defeated troops retreated under cover of a fog.　败军乘浓雾的掩护而退走。
2. 以…为口实 on the excuse of
　Many murders have been committed under cover of patriotism.　许多谋杀事件是以爱国为借口干的。
　Under cover of friendship they betrayed him.　打着友谊的幌子，他们出卖了他。

 ♣ cover, protection, refuge, shelter
　这组词都是指一处保护某人使不受袭击或伤害的地方，但含义有所不同：cover的意思是“隐蔽物”“躲避处”，是把事物隐藏起来以确保安全的保护物，它既可指野生动物找到的树丛等天然的躲避处，也可指阻挡袭击的物体、房屋等；protection的意思是“保护物”“保护”，在这组词中，它的词义最笼统，用途最广，可指任何阻挡伤害或破坏的事物；refuge和shelter都用以指无家可归的人能够得到照顾和施舍的地方。例如：

　［同义词］ v. cloak, conceal, hide, mask, embrace, include n. blanket, cap, coat, covering, lid, top, protection, refuge, shelter, asylum
　［反义词］ v. expose, reveal, uncover
　［词源］　古法语covrir<拉丁语cooperire （完全盖住，遮住）