英语词汇“covert”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cov·ert

(kōvərt, kō-vûrt, kŭvərt)

adj.

1. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. See Synonyms at secret.

2. Covered or covered over; sheltered.

3. Law Being married and therefore protected by one's husband.

1. A covering or cover.

a. A covered place or shelter; hiding place.

b. Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game.

3. Zoology One of the small feathers covering the bases of the longer feathers of a bird's wings or tail.

[Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover; see COVER.]

covert·ly adv.

covert·ness n.

单词	covert
释义	cov·ert (kōvərt, kō-vûrt, kŭvərt) adj. 1. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. See Synonyms at secret. 2. Covered or covered over; sheltered. 3. Law Being married and therefore protected by one's husband. n. 1. A covering or cover. 2. a. A covered place or shelter; hiding place. b. Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game. 3. Zoology One of the small feathers covering the bases of the longer feathers of a bird's wings or tail. [Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover; see COVER.] covert·ly adv. covert·ness n.
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