cover

英['k?v?] 美['k?v?]

反義詞uncover

復(fù)數(shù):?covers;第三人稱單數(shù):?covers;過去式:?covered;過去分詞:?covered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?covering;

1、co- "intensive prefix" + oper- "close, cover" => cooper- => cover.
2. over 上面——cover蓋上（在…上面蓋上某東西）

cover 覆蓋

來自拉丁詞cooperire, 覆蓋，來自co-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)，ob-, 去，往，per, 同wer-, 覆蓋，保護(hù)，詞源同warn, warrant. 比較aperture, 開口，孔，來自ap-, 離開，per, 覆蓋，保護(hù)。

cover: cover: [13] Cover comes ultimately from Latin cooperīre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- ‘completely’ and operīre ‘cover’ (a relative of aperīre ‘open’, from which English gets aperient). It passed into English via Old French cuvrir or covrir. Derivatives include coverlet [13] (in which the final element represents not the diminutive suffix but French lit ‘bed’, the word being a borrowing from Anglo-Norman covrelit, literally ‘bed-cover’) and kerchief (literally ‘head-cover’), as in handkerchief.
=> aperient, discover
cover (v.): mid-12c., from Old French covrir (12c., Modern French couvrir) "to cover, protect, conceal, dissemble," from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperire "to cover over, overwhelm, bury," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + operire "to close, cover" (see weir). Related: Covered; covering. Military sense is from 1680s; newspaper sense first recorded 1893; use in football dates from 1907. Betting sense is 1857. Of horses, as a euphemism for "copulate" it dates from 1530s. Covered wagon attested from 1745.
cover (n.): early 13c., in compounds, from cover (v.). Meaning "recording of a song already recorded by another" is 1966. Cover girl is U.S. slang from 1915, shortening of magazine-cover girl.

1. Just play it safe, cover your ass, keep your head down.: 要謹(jǐn)慎行事，保護(hù)好自己并保持低調(diào)。

2. Pack the fruits and nuts into the jars and cover with brandy.: 把水果和堅果放進(jìn)罐子里，用白蘭地酒浸泡。

3. I should point out that these estimates cover just the hospital expenditures.: 我應(yīng)該指出，這些估算僅包括醫(yī)院的費用。

4. The cashier dived for cover when a gunman opened fire.: 出納員在持槍歹徒開槍時沖向藏身處。

5. A cheap table can be transformed by an interesting cover.: 一塊趣味盎然的桌布就能使一張廉價桌子面目一新。