单词 | covering |
释义 | covering (kʌvərɪŋ ) Word forms: coverings countable noun A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else. Leave a thin covering of fat. [+ of] Sawdust was used as a hygienic floor covering. Synonyms: cover, protection, coating, overlay Collocations: covering of snow Like most of Britain we've had a generous covering of snow and the farm looks utterly spectacular. The Sun (2013) Much of southern England woke up to a crisp covering of snow on the 29th. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This rink's lakeside setting is particularly beautiful under a covering of snow. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Conditions were reported to be icy with a covering of snow. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Many northern parts will wake to a covering of snow. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In 10 years' time, you might be reading them on electronic fabric covering your armchair, or, well, your arm. Times, Sunday Times This time next year, the first seats will be fitted into the 80,000-capacity stadium and the fabric covering on the cable-net roof lifted into place. Times, Sunday Times The steel fuselage frame defined a nonohedral cross section, not including the keel, which with its fabric covering approximated a blunt oval. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lateral stability was enhanced by the fabric covering of the rear bay of the fuselage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Here again the debate has centered on the fabric covering of the airship and the hydrogen used for buoyancy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I have been photographed for exhibitions with my hair covering my face and entire body. The Sun We find photographs that we can use, but are told that they may be prohibited because my son has one strand of hair covering his eyebrow. Times, Sunday Times The birthday party snap shows her with her hair covering her right eye and cheek. The Sun She has purple and pink hair covering one of her eyes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sides of the maned sloth's face and neck feature long hair covering the short hair of the sloth's snout. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's not just her head covering that makes her so: it's her lack of concern for what others think about her. Times, Sunday Times They insisted she wear a head covering but, when they returned, she had taken it off. Times, Sunday Times A marketplace, a grassland quadruped, an edible fungus, a head covering, an empty space. Times, Sunday Times Eighteen schools said wearing the head covering was optional. Times, Sunday Times How the place came to be associated with head covering can not be ascertained. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This machine maps the contours of your cornea, the outer covering of your eye in front of your iris. Times, Sunday Times Fruit globe-shaped with a fleshy outer covering concealing a large stone. Times, Sunday Times Others have no outer covering on the skin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The stipitipellis (outer covering of the stem) comprises a layer of colorless hyphae measuring about 23 m wide. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At speed a problem with the outer covering became apparent: it tended to ripple and flap excessively in the form of a standing wave. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This gurgled peacefullyunder its protective covering, looking very inviting indeed. Times, Sunday Times No fig leaves, no protective covering, nothing. Times, Sunday Times The protective covering left a straight blond line running from penalty box to penalty box. Times, Sunday Times They are somewhat more primitive than the true boxfishes, but have a similar protective covering of thickened scale plates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Patinas can provide a protective covering to materials that would otherwise be damaged by corrosion or weathering. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Can you suggest an alternative window covering to the dull conventional blind? Times, Sunday Times The metal doors clatter, bits of loose window covering flap about, a bird that's got in makes bird noises. Times, Sunday Times Station lights pierce beneath the window covering. Times, Sunday Times One leader in window covering production machinery downsized. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The automation system can simulate the appearance of an occupied home by automatically adjusting lighting or window coverings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 遮盖层 Japanese: 覆う物 |
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