| 释义 |
‖ couvert|kuvɛr|
[Fr.]
= cover n.1 7.
1768Sterne Sent. Journ. II. 158, I had got hold of the couvert of some more entertaining guest. 1873C. M. Yonge Pillars of House III. xxxiii. 225 Zadok came up with the three couverts. 1899N. Newnham-Davis Dinners & Diners i. 6 And the bill..three couverts, 3s.; caviar, 3s. 1949H. Miller Plexus (1953) II. xii. 190 The dishes were broken and chipped,..and the cutlery was of tin. He laid the ‘couvert’ on the bare table. 1968V. C. Clinton-Baddeley My Foe Outstretch'd i. 22 He examined the bill narrowly. Couvert 2/6—ridiculous: that was the selective employment tax. |