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.)
  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。

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
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