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🇺🇸 /kˈʌvɚ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkʌvə/

adj 编号: C03644 牛津3000 BNC #525 COCA #560

cover的核心概念是“覆盖、遮住或保护”。作动词时可表示把某物盖住、保护某人或某物，也可引申为支付费用、代替他人或翻唱歌曲；作名词时可表示遮盖物、书刊封面、掩护、费用以及翻唱歌曲等。它还可作形容词，表示与书刊封面或翻唱版本有关；作为专名时可指姓氏或英国的一条河。

💡 记忆钩子

把cover想成一块盖在东西上面的布：它遮住并保护物体，因而成为“遮蔽物、封面、掩护”；盖住费用就是“支付”，盖住空缺就是“代替”，盖住原曲的身份则是“翻唱”。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“覆盖、遮住、保护”这一核心义，再学习“支付费用、代替、翻唱”等引申义。
注意cover既可表示覆盖物或封面，也可表示支付某项费用；具体含义要看后面的宾语和语境。
不要把cover通常误解为recover的词根意义；除“再次覆盖”的有限用法外，两者来源和含义并不相同。

📖 中文释义

adj

common 封面的

📖 表示与书、杂志等的封面有关，就像盖在书外面的那一层布或外壳。

💡 常用于“cover image”“cover design”等名词前，说明内容与书刊封面有关。它是不可比较的定语形容词，通常不单独作表语。不要把它理解成“已经被盖住的”。

not-comparable

The magazine used a striking cover image for its anniversary issue.

这本杂志为周年刊选用了一张醒目的封面图片。
common 翻唱的

📖 表示歌曲或表演不是原来的版本，而是由其他歌手重新演唱或录制的版本，像是把原曲的“身份”盖住后换一种方式呈现。

💡 常放在“version”“song”“band”等名词前，如“cover version”。这个词只说明是翻唱，不表示歌曲质量或是否获得授权；谈歌曲本身时也可直接用名词“cover”。

not-comparable

The band played a cover song from the 1980s.

乐队演奏了一首20世纪80年代的翻唱歌曲。

name

common 姓氏

📖 Cover可以是英语姓氏，和普通动词或名词“cover”在这里不是同一种用法。

💡 作为姓氏时首字母必须大写，常放在名字后面，如“Anna Cover”。不要把人名中的它改写成普通小写词。

Dr. Cover will speak at the meeting this afternoon.

Cover博士今天下午将在会上发言。
rare 英国河名

📖 Cover还可以是英国北约克郡戴尔斯地区的一条河，正式全名为River Cover。

noun

common 盖子

📖 指盖在容器或物体上面的部件，用来封住、遮住或保护里面的东西，是“盖在上面”的布这一记忆形象的直接用法。

💡 常用“put the cover on”“take the cover off”表示盖上或取下盖子，也可说“a cover for the box”。指一个具体盖子时通常可数；泛指覆盖功能时可以不可数。

countable uncountable

Put the cover back on the pot before the soup gets cold.

汤变凉以前，把锅盖盖回去。
core 掩护；遮蔽处

📖 指能把人或物挡住、使其不容易被看见或受到攻击的地方或情形；正如一块布盖住东西，这里的cover提供的是保护。

💡 常见搭配是“take cover”“under cover”和“provide cover”。在枪火、暴风雨等危险语境中，通常说“take cover behind/under something”；不要把“take cover”误解成拿走盖子。

uncountable

The hikers took cover under a rocky overhang during the storm.

暴风雨中，徒步者躲到岩石突出处下面避难。

The wall gave us enough cover to cross the yard safely.

那堵墙为我们提供了足够的掩护，让我们能安全穿过院子。
core 书刊封面；外封

📖 指书、杂志、唱片包装等最外面的前面和后面部分，用来保护内容，也因此成为展示内容的“盖子”。

💡 常说“the front cover”“the back cover”以及“on the cover of a magazine”。说封面上的图片或标题时用“on the cover”，不要用“in the cover”。指一本具体的书刊封面时通常可数。

countable uncountable

Her photograph appeared on the cover of the magazine.

她的照片登上了那本杂志的封面。

The book has a bright red cover with gold lettering.

这本书有一个鲜红色的封面，上面印着金色字样。
common 床罩；床上盖单

📖 指铺在床最上面、用来遮盖和保护床铺的布或被单。

💡 常与“bed”连用，组成“bed cover”；在具体家庭用品语境中可以说“wash”或“change the cover”。它不一定指用来保暖的被子，重点是盖住并保护床铺。

countable uncountable

I changed the bed cover after the children spilled juice on it.

孩子们把果汁洒在床罩上后，我换了一个新的。
common 防尘罩；保护套

📖 指套在汽车、沙发或食物外面的布等材料，用来防尘、防雨、防虫，物品不用时把它盖住保护起来。

💡 常用“a cover for the sofa/car”或“put a cover over something”。“cover”指保护套本身，而“cover something”才表示覆盖某物；不要混淆名词和动词。

countable uncountable

We put a cover over the barbecue before leaving the house.

我们离开家前给烧烤架罩上了保护套。
common 入场费

📖 指进入俱乐部、酒吧或活动场所时必须支付的费用，相当于用钱“盖住”这项入场成本。

💡 常见于口语和娱乐场所，通常说“a cover”或“a cover charge”，也可说“pay cover”。它不是门票本身，而是入场时收取的费用；有时还包括一杯饮料。

countable uncountable

There’s a ten-dollar cover at the club tonight.

今晚这家俱乐部收十美元入场费。
rare 一套餐位

📖 在餐馆或正式宴会上，指为一位客人准备的一套餐具和餐桌位置。

countable uncountable
common 翻唱歌曲

📖 指重新演唱或重新录制以前已经发行过的歌曲，也就是用新的表演“盖住”原曲的版本。

💡 常见搭配是“do/play/record a cover”和“a cover of a song”。说翻唱哪首歌时用“a cover of”，不要说“a cover from”。它既可指一首具体的翻唱歌曲，也可泛指翻唱这种做法。

countable uncountable

She uploaded a beautiful cover of an old folk song.

她上传了一首老民歌的精彩翻唱。
rare 板球外场位置

📖 在板球中，指击球手外侧、位于point和mid-off之间的防守位置，也可指站在这个位置的外场手。

countable uncountable
rare 球门柱防雨罩

📖 在板球中，指下雨时盖住球场中央击球区域、避免球门柱区域受潮的防雨篷布或装置。

countable uncountable
rare 击球防守范围

📖 在板球中，指击球手身体或球棒挡住的球门柱区域，从而防止对方击中球门柱。

countable uncountable
rare 替补人员

📖 在板球队中，指为防止球员受伤或无法出场而准备的替代球员。

countable uncountable
rare 覆盖族

📖 在数学中，指一组子集，它们合在一起包含给定集合中的每一个元素；可以把它想成许多块布共同把整个集合盖住。

countable uncountable
rare 实寄封

📖 在集邮中，指贴有邮票并盖有邮戳等邮寄标记的完整信封。

countable uncountable
rare 火力掩体

📖 在军事语境中，指能挡住敌方火力、保护人员的坚固物体或地形。

countable uncountable
rare 替代购买

📖 在商业法中，指卖方违约未交货后，买方在公开市场购买相同或类似货物的行为。

countable uncountable
common 保险保障

📖 指保险合同本身，或保险合同为某种风险提供的保障；它把可能发生的损失“盖住”一部分。

💡 常见搭配是“insurance cover”“under cover”和“get cover for something”。英式英语中“cover”很常见，美式英语更常说“coverage”；不要把它理解成保险单的物理封面。

countable uncountable

The policy provides cover for theft and accidental damage.

这份保单承保盗窃和意外损坏。
common 秘密身份；掩护身份

📖 指间谍或秘密行动人员对外维持的身份和背景故事，用来遮住真实身份。

💡 常见搭配是“maintain/protect/blow someone’s cover”和“a cover story”。“under cover”表示秘密行动或隐藏身份；不要把它和普通的遮雨或遮挡混为一谈。

countable uncountable

The agent had to leave when his cover was compromised.

这名特工的掩护身份暴露后，不得不离开。
rare 骗子的同伙

📖 旧式用法中，指与骗子串通、假装不相干以帮助行骗的人。

countable dated uncountable
rare 瓦片搭接部分

📖 在屋面建造中，指石板、瓦片或木瓦被上一排材料重叠遮住的那一部分。

countable uncountable
rare 滑阀搭边

📖 在蒸汽机中，指滑阀用于控制蒸汽进出的搭边部分。

countable uncountable
rare 钢筋保护层厚度

📖 在混凝土结构中，指钢筋与混凝土外表面之间的距离，也就是混凝土对钢筋形成的保护层。

countable uncountable

covers plural

verb

core 盖住；遮住

📖 把某物放在另一物的上面，使其被遮住或受到保护，就像用一块布把东西盖起来。

💡 常用结构是“cover A with B”，表示用B盖住A；也可直接说“cover A”。这个用法通常是及物的，宾语是被遮盖或保护的东西，不要误用介词替代宾语。

transitive

She covered the bowl with a clean towel.

她用一条干净的毛巾盖住了碗。

Please cover the plants before the frost arrives.

霜冻来之前，请把这些植物盖好。
common 覆盖着；盖在……上

📖 某物已经处在另一物的上面，因而把它遮住或保护起来；重点是描述覆盖的状态，而不是谁主动去盖。

💡 常用结构是“A covers B”，其中A是覆盖物，B是被覆盖的对象。它和主动放置的用法形式相同，但主语通常是毯子、雪、雾等覆盖物，学习时不要把主语和宾语的角色弄反。

transitive

A thick layer of snow covered the garden.

厚厚的一层雪覆盖了花园。
common 覆盖整个区域

📖 某种形状、图案或物体连续铺在一个平面上，使整个区域都没有空隙地被覆盖；常用于数学或几何语境。

💡 常见结构是“A covers the plane”或“A covers a surface”。在几何语境中，cover强调铺满整个区域，不只是覆盖其中一部分；普通日常语境通常不用这个专门含义。

transitive

These tiles cover the entire floor without gaps.

这些瓷砖没有留下空隙，铺满了整个地面。
common 铺满；覆盖整个区域

📖 主动把某种形状、材料或物体铺到一个区域上，使该区域完全被遮住或填满。

💡 常见结构是“cover a surface with A”，表示用A铺满某个表面；在几何题中也可说“cover the plane with A”。这里强调主动铺设或安排，不要只理解成某物自然地处在上面。

transitive

Workers covered the wall with small square tiles.

工人用小方砖铺满了整面墙。
rare 戴上帽子

📖 旧式用法，表示把帽子戴到头上，或在正式场合戴上帽子。

dated intransitive
rare 使自己获得；招致

📖 用于较固定或文学化的表达，表示使自己获得某种名声，或招来某种结果。

transitive
common 涉及；涵盖

📖 某篇文章、课程、调查或活动包含某个主题、范围或对象，就可以说它cover了这些内容；这仍然像是把一个范围“盖”在内容之上。

💡 常见结构是“cover a topic”或“cover topics such as A and B”。它表示涉及或讲到，不一定意味着深入研究；谈论报道、课程内容时很常用。

transitive

The course covers basic cooking, nutrition, and food safety.

这门课程涵盖基础烹饪、营养和食品安全。
common 足以支付

📖 某笔钱足够支付某项费用或成本，相当于把费用完全盖住，不留下需要补上的部分。

💡 常见结构是“cover the cost/bill/expense”或“money covers something”。主语通常是收入、预算、保险或存款；若要表示某人为别人付款，通常使用供应资金的用法，而不是只说费用本身cover。

transitive

The refund should cover the cost of the damaged item.

这笔退款应该足以支付那件损坏物品的费用。
core 支付；承担费用

📖 为某人或某事提供钱，支付账单、费用或所需开支；可以把它理解成把费用“盖住”，让别人不必承担。

💡 常见结构是“cover the cost/bill/expenses for someone”或“cover someone”。正式场合常用于保险、福利和公司报销，日常口语也可表示替别人买单；不要把它和仅表示“足以支付”的用法混为一谈。

transitive

My employer covered the cost of the training course.

我的雇主承担了培训课程的费用。

Don't worry about dinner—I’ll cover it.

晚饭不用担心，我来买单。
common 代班；代替

📖 临时替别人承担工作、值班或职责，使原来的人可以离开或缺席；这就像把空缺的位置盖上。

💡 最常见结构是“cover for someone”，有时也说“cover someone’s shift”。它通常表示临时顶替，不等于永久取代；直接说“cover someone”时，要根据上下文判断是否省略了shift或工作。

intransitive

Could you cover for me while I take my daughter to the doctor?

我带女儿去看医生时，你能替我顶一会儿吗？
rare 播出本地替代内容

📖 广播电视行业用语，指在联合播出的节目出现内部广告时段时，播出本地制作的内容来替代原定的网络内容。

transitive
common 翻唱

📖 演唱或录制另一位艺术家先前发行过的歌曲，而不是演唱自己的原创歌曲；可以理解为把原曲的身份“盖”上一层新的演绎。

💡 常见结构是“cover a song”或“cover a band’s song”。cover本身表示翻唱，不必再加表示“翻唱”的其他动词；它通常不表示获得原作者的正式授权。

transitive

The young singer covered a classic rock song at the festival.

那位年轻歌手在音乐节上翻唱了一首经典摇滚歌曲。
common 保护；掩护

📖 守卫某人或某物，使其免受攻击、伤害或暴露；这个意思把“盖住并保护”的画面直接延伸到了安全防护上。

💡 常见结构是“cover someone”或“cover someone from something”，尤其用于军事、警务和紧急行动语境。日常表示一般保护时，protect往往更自然；cover还可能表示为行动提供掩护，不要只理解成物理遮挡。

transitive

The officer covered his partner while she moved toward the door.

女警员向门口移动时，那名警官为她提供掩护。
rare 使雌性动物受孕

📖 关于某些雄性动物交配的专门说法，常用于犬、马等动物繁殖语境。

transitive
common 持续；延伸到

📖 某事物在时间、空间或范围上延续一段距离，所占的长度或区域就被它覆盖了。

💡 常见结构是“cover a period/range/area”。表示时间时，主语可以是活动、课程或事件；表示空间时，主语可以是道路、区域或设施，通常不表示把表面盖住。

transitive

The museum’s collection covers more than two hundred years of local history.

这家博物馆的藏品涵盖了两百多年当地历史。
common 走过；行进了

📖 在一段旅程中走过、跑过或飞过某个距离，把这段路程置于自己的经历范围内。

💡 常见结构是“cover a distance”或“cover the distance in a certain time”。主语通常是人、车辆或飞机，后面常接距离和用时；这里不是“遮住距离”的字面意思。

transitive

The cyclists covered 80 kilometers before sunset.

自行车手们在日落前骑完了八十公里。
rare 摆好餐桌

📖 旧式用法，指为用餐摆放盘子、餐具等，把餐桌准备好。

ambitransitive dated

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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 36 组

clothe, as if for protection from the elements

同义词集: cover wrap up

cover your head!

上位: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog

sit on (eggs);

同义词集: brood hatch cover incubate

Birds brood

The female covers the eggs

上位: multiply, procreate, reproduce

protect by insurance

同义词集: cover insure underwrite

The insurance won't cover this

上位: guarantee, warrant

be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism;

同义词集: report cover

Snow reported on China in the 1950's

The cub reporter covered New York City

上位: inform

maintain a check on; especially by patrolling

同义词集: cover

The second officer covered the top floor

上位: ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it

fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations

同义词集: cover covering fire

artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal

上位: fire, firing

act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; ;

同义词集: cover treat handle plow deal address

This book deals with incest

The course covered all of Western Civilization

The new book treats the history of China

上位: broach, initiate 下位: discourse, discuss, talk about

the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

同义词集: cover covering screening masking

the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft

上位: concealing, concealment, hiding

a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)

同义词集: cover

her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment

上位: concealing, concealment, hiding

hold within range of an aimed firearm

同义词集: cover

上位: protect

protect or defend (a position in a game)

同义词集: cover

he covered left field

上位: protect 下位: double-team

be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game

同义词集: cover

上位: protect

play a higher card than the one previously played

同义词集: cover

Smith covered again

上位: play

form a cover over

同义词集: cover spread over

The grass covered the grave

上位: adjoin, contact, meet, touch 下位: blanket, bloody, cake, carpet, cloak, clothe, coat, drape, drown, flood, grass, grass over, mantle, mist, mist over, overwhelm, robe, shroud, smother, submerge

provide with a covering or cause to be covered; ;

同义词集: cover

cover her face with a handkerchief

cover the child with a blanket

cover the grave with flowers

反义: expose, uncover 下位: apply, bank, bark, beplaster, bind, blanket, blindfold, block out, bread, brush, butter, canopy, canvas, carpet, cloak, coat, concrete, cowl, crape, crepe, crown, daub, drape, dust, enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, face, feather, felt, flake, flash, foil, frost, grass, gravel, grease, hold, hood, ice, jacket, lag, laminate, lime, line, mask, mulch, oil, paint, pall, paper, parcel, paste, plank, plank over, plaster, plaster over, put on, recover, roof, sheet, smear, smother, sod, spray, spread, steel, stick on, straw, surface, surround, tile, turf, veneer, wallpaper, wash, wax, wrap, wrap up

put something on top of something else

同义词集: overlay cover

cover the meat with a lot of gravy

下位: splash

copulate with a female, used especially of horses

同义词集: breed cover

The horse covers the mare

上位: copulate, couple, mate, pair

cover as if with a shroud

同义词集: shroud enshroud hide cover

The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery

上位: enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap

travel across or pass over

同义词集: traverse track cover cross pass over get over get across cut through cut across

The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day

上位: pass 下位: bridge, course, drive, ford, hop, stride, take, tramp, walk

spread over a surface to conceal or protect

同义词集: cover

This paint covers well

上位: conceal, hide

hide from view or knowledge

同义词集: cover cover up

The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House

上位: conceal, hide 下位: gloss over, hush up, sleek over, whitewash

be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of

同义词集: cover

Is this enough to cover the check?

上位: be

to take an action to protect against future problems

同义词集: cover

Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself

上位: protect

help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities

同义词集: cover

She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week

上位: deputise, deputize, step in, substitute

invest with a large or excessive amount of something

同义词集: cover

She covered herself with glory

上位: empower, endow, endue, gift, indue, invest

include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory;

同义词集: embrace encompass comprehend cover

This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds

this should cover everyone in the group

上位: include

make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

同义词集: cover compensate overcompensate

he is compensating for being a bad father

上位: compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up

provide for

同义词集: cover

The grant doesn't cover my salary

上位: fulfil, fulfill, live up to, satisfy

span an interval of distance, space or time; ; ; ;

同义词集: cover continue extend

The war extended over five years

The period covered the turn of the century

My land extends over the hills on the horizon

This farm covers some 200 acres

The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles

上位: be 下位: constellate, cross, dot, overlap, overspread, ridge, span, spread, stud, sweep, traverse

the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

同义词集: binding book binding cover back

the book had a leather binding

上位: protection, protective cover, protective covering

bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

同义词集: blanket cover

he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep

上位: bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding 下位: afghan, manta

a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else

同义词集: cover cover version cover song

they made a cover of a Beatles' song

上位: recording

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

同义词集: screen cover covert concealment

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

上位: covering 下位: blind, camouflage

covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); ;

同义词集: top cover

he removed the top of the carton

he couldn't get the top off of the bottle

put the cover back on the kettle

上位: covering 下位: cap, lid

a natural object that covers or envelops;

同义词集: covering natural covering cover

under a covering of dust

the fox was flushed from its cover

下位: bark, blanket, cap, case, crust, eggshell, encrustation, envelope, hood, incrustation, mantle, roof, sac, scale, sheath, shell, skim, slough, test, theca

a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink

同义词集: cover charge cover

🌳 词源

cover经中古英语进入英语，源自古法语和拉丁语，最初的核心意义据说是“隐藏起来、不让人看见”。

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with Spanish cubrir and Portuguese cobrir.

🔄 变式

- imperat covered 1st_sg coveredst archaic coverest archaic covereth archaic covering present covers plural

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