音标：['kʌvәt. 'kәuvәt] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

a. 隐蔽的, 偷偷摸摸的, 隐密的
n. 树丛, 隐藏处

n. a flock of coots
a. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
s. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

词型变化：名词复数形式 : coverts
考试类型：[GRE]

词性分布：

形容词96%

名词4%

covert的用法和样例：

例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Some people say this was a covert scheme.有人说，这是阴谋。
I was only doing my job as a covert agent.作为一个隐蔽的代理人
He stole a covert glance at her across the table.他朝桌子对面偷偷地瞥了她一眼。
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.)

The brush provided a covert for game.那块灌木丛为游戏提供了掩蔽物。
The deer fled to a covert.鹿逃入丛林中。

词汇搭配

covert coverage隐性采访,秘密采访...
covert coat轻皮短外套
covert trade barrier变相贸易壁垒...
covert operation秘密行动
tail covert尾盖
covert behavior内隐行为
feme covert已婚女子
wing covert廓羽
draw a covert把隐藏处赶出...

经典引文

This covert nook reports not of his hand.
出自：Wordsworth

【近义词】

secret秘密
veiled戴着面纱的
hidden隐藏的
refuge避难
shelter避难所
hideaway隐匿处
covered被覆盖的
concealed隐藏的
underground地下的
disguised动词disguise的过...
cache隐藏所
enigmatic谜的
private私人的
den兽穴
significant重要的
fortress堡垒
habitat栖息地
closet壁橱
invisible看不见的
grove小树林
retirement退休
clandestine秘密的(常指违法的行为)...
hiding place躲藏处
furtive偷偷的
undercover从事秘密工作的...
surreptitious暗中进行的
copse树丛
wood木材
thicket繁茂处
coppice矮林
undergrowth矮树丛
place地方
hiding隐藏
concealment隐匿
cover封面
screen屏幕

【反义词】

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